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In the run up to COP26 to be hosted by the UK at Glasgow, Scotland in 2021, the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata in partnership with Asian Confluence organised a virtual Young Thinkers’ Conference on ‘Climate Action and Resilience in East and Northeast India’ on Saturday, 3 October. Mr. Ken O’Flaherty, COP26 Regional Ambassador for …
An innovative and inclusive approach A powerful tool for dialogue between the Bank and its regional member countries Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 13 September 2018 –The African Development Bank has created and refined a new tool to diagnose fragility in countries, taking into account their capacities and pressures they may be under. Called the Country …
Hargeisa, Somaliland, March 14, 2017 – The African Water Facility (AWF) held on February 21, 2017 a launching ceremony and workshop to officially kick-start the Water Resources Management and Investment Plan project for Somaliland. The AWF has provided a €3-million grant to support this project in the aim of building resilience to climate change …
October 8, 2014—Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—Africa’s share of world agricultural trade has increased in recent years after decades of decline, and trade among African countries has been on the rise. Both trends have boosted Africans’ ability to access food and distribute it to the neediest during hard times, according to a report released today at the …
Calls for universal provision of basic social services, and stronger policies for social protection and full employment to advance and secure development progress Tokyo, 24 July 2014 —Persistent vulnerability threatens human development, and unless it is systematically tackled by policies and social norms, progress will be neither equitable nor sustainable. This is the …
Natural disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan are the “new normal” for South-East Asia Promoting economic growth will require more resilient urban planning and clean energy policies Private-sector innovation is needed in insurance, energy storage and urban transport in particular For more information on the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2014: http://wef.ch/ea14 Metro Manila, Philippines …