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Navigating the trade-offs of ecological, economic, and development goals to protect biodiversity

This blog highlights two studies from past World Bank's Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)-supported research that demonstrate the importance of a data-driven and evidence-based approach to…

Kerina Wang, Lauren Nicole Core, KCP Program Management Unit (KCP PMU)|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Extractive Industries, Forests, Governance, Transport

Supporting global biodiversity conservation with broader species coverage

The world is losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. The Living Planet Index reports a 68% decline in the world’s biological diversity since 1970—this despite global efforts and a growing…

Brian Blankespoor, Susmita Dasgupta, Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep, David Wheeler|
Environment, Forests

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for November 1 - 15

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces four papers published from November 1 to November 15 on various topics, including…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Climate Change, Competitiveness, Debt, Environment, Extractive Industries, Forests, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance

Let's give back to nature what nature gives to us

With only 16% of the Earth's land surface, Latin America and the Caribbean contain 50% of the world's known biodiversity. However, biodiversity loss is increasing at an alarming rate.…

Anna Wellenstein, Genevieve Connors|
Climate Change, Environment, Forests

COP27: The climate change crisis can be an opportunity

What is the importance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, for Latin America and the Caribbean?

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment, Forests, Urban Development, Water
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