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World Bank is Giving $22 Billion in Funding to Help All of Africa Stave Off Climate Change
The entire continent of Africa is set to receive a huge financial windfall from the World Bank in order to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
World Bank Doubles Funding to $200 Billion to Fight Climate Change
The impressive sum is actually double its original 5-year financial investment plan that it set in 2015.
In Historic Announcement, World Bank Says it Will No Longer Finance Oil and Gas Exploration
The World Bank currently gives about $1 billion in annual loans to oil and gas companies. By 2019, that funding will go towards alternative energy instead.
World Bank Approves $400M Spending Package To Restore Liberated Iraqi Cities
As ISIS forces continue to diminish in Iraq, the nation is preparing to rebuild – and they now have $400 million to help them...
World Bank Raises $165 Million in Bonds for Women-Owned Businesses in Africa
The World Bank on Wednesday said its private sector arm issued about $165 million in 'women's bonds' in the first such sale by the...
Optimism Is the Antidote, Says New World Bank Chief
Whether treating patients with drug-resistant diseases in the slums of Haiti or trying to reverse the hopelessness of the world's poor, optimism is essential,...
World Bank Lends Billion Dollars to India to Improve Education
The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $1.05 billion line of credit to help get more children into schools in India, the largest...
World Bank Commits to Tiger Conservation
The World Bank has announced that it will talk with stakeholders in tiger range countries to determine the best methods of tiger conservation....
World Bank Plans Clean Technology Fund for Poor
REUTERS - "Poor countries will soon receive billions of dollars from a new World Bank fund to help them cut pollution, save...
World Bank Gives Africa $164.5 Million for Internet Connections
The World Bank approved a financing package of US$164.5 million in grants and credits for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to establish high-speed connectivity to...
World Bank Cancels Debt of 17 of the World’s Poorest Countries
The World Bank approved details to implement the 2005 debt relief initiative, which will cancel the debt of some of the world’s poorest countries...
‘Sponge’ Cities Combat Urban Flooding by Letting Nature Do the Work
In China, a landscape architect is reimagining cities across the vast country by working with nature to combat flooding through the 'sponge city' concept.
But...
Good News in History, June 6 – the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
80 years ago today, 160,000 troops from Britain, America, and Canada—along with a dozen other nations—stormed five sandy beaches along the Normandy Coast, intending...
Good News in History, May 10
200 years ago today, the National Gallery opened its doors to the public in Trafalgar Square, Westminster. It houses a collection of over 2,300...
Good News in History, April 27
6 years ago today, the Panmunjom Declaration was signed by President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un, declaring the intention to end the Korean...
Good News in History, March 28
70 years ago today, a Swedish housewife in her mid-30s, Astrid Lindgren, sprained her ankle so badly that she was confined to bed and...
Artist Decorates Underwater Sculpture Park With 25 Figures of Local Island People in the Caribbean
A British artist has crafted life-size sculptures, all of which have been cast from members of the local community in Grenada.
The installation known as...
The Values of Giving, Compassion and Family, Flourishing Across the World: Survey Shows
A recent worldwide investigation into human goodness and thoughtfulness found that, delightfully, it's broadly distributed across cultures even in difficult times. Far from being...
Tens of Millions Now Have Power Thanks to Off-Grid Solar Systems –Many of Them Recycled
While in America off-grid solar electricity is still fairly uncommon, around the world it gives power to 420 million people.
Furthermore, it's created an entirely...
Himalayan State Becomes First in India to Give Wives Co-Ownership of Ancestral Land
One of the most important stops on the ride to independence is the freedom to economically plan one's own affairs and retain ownership of...