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In its first Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs), published at the end of 2023, the World Bank makes a number of recommendations for improving access to freshwater in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including speeding up the modernisation of irrigation systems in 2024. According to the financial institution, agriculture is one of the most water-hungry sectors in the region.

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The World Bank has affirmed plans to increase climate financing for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region to $10 billion by 2025. In last three years (from 2021-23), the Bank said it had provided $6.3 billion in climate financing for the region.

The World Bank has affirmed plans to increase climate financing for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region to $10 billion by 2025. In last three years (from 2021-23), the Bank said it had provided $6.3 billion in climate financing for the region.

Since COP27 in Egypt last year, the World Bank has been working hard to implement recommendations in our flagship Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDR).

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Come find out how the Bank’s flagship diagnostic – the Country Climate and Development Reports – connects climate and development priorities in over 40 countries. Join us live from COP28 in Dubai at the World Bank Group pavilion #LivablePlanet.

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The World Bank is the largest provider of climate adaptation finance to the world’s poorest countries. Adaptation finance assists countries to reduce the risks they face from climate change such as disease outbreak and rising sea levels. Lower-income countries (LICs) receive highly concessional finance from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA). Over the last decade, IDA has provided more than 80 percent of the concessional finance from the multilateral development ban...