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In response to the lack of access to safe drinking water by around 2 billion people, the World Bank Group and partners have launched the have joined forces to create the Strategic Framework for Scaling Up Finance for Water.

The case for agrifood system transformation is clear. The blog discusses seven relevant financing sources that could be tapped into to move to a global agrifood system that, besides being productive, is resilient, sustainable, inclusive, nutritious, and net-zero.

Floods, droughts, and poor sanitation are three facets of the global water crisis, which can be summed up in terms of too much, too little, and too polluted. Today, 1.81 billion people face significant flood risk, 2.3 billion lack access to safely managed water, and 3.5 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation. These challenges are exacerbated by the intensifying effects of climate change, rapid population growth, and rising food insecurity.

On Jan. 31, Plano Mayor John Muns welcomed the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Consul General of Japan Hirofumi Murabayaski and eight small- to medium-sized enterprises from Tokyo to Plano.