Heading into COP28, the World Bank Group’s vision for a livable planet supported by climate-resilient infrastructure takes on urgency. PPPs accelerate sustainable infrastructure by allowing…

Emmanuel Nyirinkindi |

Climate change is an existential threat for Pacific Island countries that can lead to the risk of displacement and migration for families and communities across the region.

Rebekah Ramsay, Lachlan McDonald, John Cox |

The World Bank is creating opportunities to engage youth to tap their energy and out-of-the-box thinking through the Ideathon 4 Climate

Raghava Neti, Shona Fitzgerald, Christian Holde Severin, Fernando Armendaris Puente, Lala Fabella |

Within Pacific communities, vulnerability from climate impacts is also not evenly distributed, with the poorest and most vulnerable, including women, often bearing the most significant burden.

Abidah B. Setyowati, Lachlan McDonald, John Cox |

The World Bank and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are working together to make a sustainable impact in the Pacific region’s water sector.

Saroj Kumar Jha, Benoît Bosquet |

Several prefabricated modular bridges are being built in Solomon Islands, an island nation vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The approach and lessons learned from a study and…

Naoki Kakuta, Dung Anh Hoang |

With extensive coastlines, many island nations, and low-lying territories, the East Asia and Pacific region is highly susceptible to climate-related disasters. The region has developing and…

Abidah B. Setyowati, Susan Shen |

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of East Asia and Pacific. The invasion comes on top of the economic distress caused by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the financial…

Aaditya Mattoo, Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze, Ergys Islamaj |

The Solomon Islands has committed to achieving a stronger, sustainably financed health system that provides Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all its people

Michael Mike, Richie Rummery |

Informing better health resourcing decisions in Solomon Islands

Jimmy Kaluae, Wayne Irava |