Tag: World Bank

According to recent World Bank data, a warmer climate could lead to at least 21 million additional deaths by 2050, ...

Construction value chains are responsible for about 40% of the world's energy consumption and industrial carbon dioxide emissions. This includes ...

In existence since 2018, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) was established as an independent body upon the recommendations of ...

"Disease X" is a name for an illness caused by a presently unknown, yet serious microbial threat. The idea is ...

The climate problems at the World Bank are a Trump legacy. When he appointed David Malpass, a supporter of his ...

A decision by the current World Bank President, David Malpass, not to seek a second term has meant that countries ...

As a global community, we have gone through and continue to deal with COVID, an infectious disease that possibly resulted ...

A poll released by Omnisis, a member of the British Polling Council, Thursday found the majority of Britons in favor ...

In the midst of all of the bad news - war, inflation, food insecurity, and COVID - there is a ...

The 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak was considered a major global threat, and was a wake-up call: It signaled serious ...

We are being hit by a veritable smorgasbord of zoonotic microbes ranging from SARS-CoV-2 to Monkeypox to most recently, the ...

On June 30, 2022, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the establishment of a Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and ...