Dhaka, May 14, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $270 million financing to bolster Bangladesh’s flood recovery efforts and enhance its resilience to future disasters, including support for constructing and rehabilitating critical infrastructure, strengthening agricultural system and improving livelihoods in areas devastated by the August 2024 floods.
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Supporting more and better jobs by investing in nature-based solutions
Investments in nature can restore biodiversity, reduce the impacts of disasters, and revitalize cities. Integrating nature-based solutions (NBS) into public infrastructure and disaster-risk-reduction efforts can also create job opportunities, both during project implementation and over the long term.
Continue readingWACA: Nature Based Solutions Study Tour
From 18 to 22 November, the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) study tour took place in the 
Netherlands. West African countries that are part of the WACA program (West African Coastal Areas Management Program) of the World Bank, visited various Dutch Nature Based water management Solutions. The delegation consisted of 22 participants including Worldbank staff, government officials and environmental experts responsible for water management (coastal erosion), from eight West African countries: Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Togo, Ghana, Sao Tome & Principe, Gambia and Mauritania.
To Grow Strong, Grow Green
The World Bank Group’s mission is to end poverty on a livable planet. With more than 50
percent of global GDP – $44 trillion in economic resources – dependent on nature, it is critical to understand the economic impact of biodiversity to achieve this mission.
How do we do this?
Taking a Dynamic Approach
Nature is everywhere, not just in national parks.
The World Bank’s vision for biodiversity includes four dynamic ideas:
Small Island Developing States on a Path to Renewable Energy and Resilience: A Story from Maldives
Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which are home to 65 million people and bastions of 
biodiversity, face unique challenges. Because they are small, their economies are not diversified and hence particularly vulnerable to external shocks, such as the collapse of tourism during COVID 19 or sky-rocketing energy and food prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They are also extremely vulnerable to the rising sea levels and extreme weather brought on by climate change.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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