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Date Time Importance of development banks raising climate ambition ahead of COP26 The past 12 months have been one of the most challenging periods faced by humanity in modern times. And world governments have responded. They’ve collectively deployed trillions of dollars, particularly in developed nations, to support lives and livelihoods. And we’ve also seen what the Asian Development Bank has done when faced with a Covid crisis. A 20 billion dollar response package, providing a nine billion dollar facility to help developing member states access and distribute Covid-19 vaccines. And yet,...

The importance of development banks raising climate ambition ahead of COP26 COP26 President Alok Sharma opened the 54th Annual Asian Development Bank meeting in a session called, "Raising the Bar on Climate Ambition - Road to COP 26". From: 4 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) The past 12 months have been one of the most challenging periods faced by humanity in modern times. And world governments have responded. They’ve collectively deployed trillions of dollars, particularly in developed nations, to support lives and livelihoods. And we’ve also seen what...

Council Members commended FAO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1 May 2021, Rome - The 166 th Session of the FAO Council, the third session held entirely virtually, ended today with its Members praising the Organization's main actions and initiatives to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to foster sustainable development, as well as supporting the proposed documents to guide the Organization's work over the next years. The Council is the executive organ of the FAO Conference. It has 49 Members and meets between Conference sessions which bring all 194 FAO Members together ...

1 May 2021, Rome – The 166 th Session of the FAO Council, the third session held entirely virtually, ended today with its Members praising the Organization’s main actions and initiatives to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to foster sustainable development, as well as supporting the proposed documents to guide the Organization’s work over the next years. The Council is the executive organ of the FAO Conference. It has 49 Members and meets between Conference sessions which bring all 194 FAO Members together every two years. The Council exercises functions dealing with the...

UNDP Mobilizes $$ for SVG recovery A view in the Red Zone impacted by the La Soufrière volcano eruption in SVG. As the growing humanitarian crisis in St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues with estimations that it could last several months, UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean has mobilized USD 300,000 from UNDP Core Funding towards the relief efforts. This initial funding will be channelled towards Pillar One and Two of The UNDP Crisis Response and Recovery Programme for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).  Pillar 1 prioritizes the execution of Household and Building Damage Assessm...