Climate change up with migration and pandemics as the major threat to global economy, says Jim Kim
NEWS: Governments, local communities and farmers need better weather data, says top funder as part of drive to get planet connected to internet by 2020
ANALYSIS: Cash demands from developing countries reinserted into text during UN talks in Bonn, as World Bank official hails progress
NEWS: Six heads of state are endorsing a World Bank campaign to make polluters pay, while Paris climate text ignores the subject
NEWS: V20 coalition launched in Lima this week says it will raise funds for climate adaptation projects and develop a collective insurance scheme
ANALYSIS: Christine Lagarde calls on governments to back carbon pricing, slash fossil fuel subsidies as finance leaders gather in Peru
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets to get short shrift at UN conference, says bank’s top climate official
NEWS: Initiative aims to drive investment in bioenergy and waste management in poor countries, limiting potent greenhouse gas emissions
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets worth some US$50 billion worldwide, says report, with interest growing ahead of Paris climate pact
ANALYSIS: Taxing or trading emissions will not solve climate change alone, says the World Bank, so what else is needed?
COMMENT: Increasing support for coal and other climate polluting energy sources undermines the World Bank’s credibility on climate change
INTERVIEW: Rachel Kyte says billions directed towards oil, gas and coal should be used to promote green economy
NEWS: Mayors told they need to improve their credit ratings and produce better projects, at sustainable cities summit in Seoul
NEWS: As oil price hits 5-year low, chief economist warns emissions could rise without government leadership
NEWS: Jim Kim says 1.5C warming could already be locked into Earth’s system, calls on governments to act fast
NEWS: Development bank hands over $60 million in push to end indoor harmful air pollution affecting millions
NEWS: Slow response to both climate change and Ebola is killing people, warns Jim Yong Kim
NEWS: Pension funds, insurers and asset managers show an appetite for low risk, climate-friendly investments
NEWS: Carbon markets are only as good as the political goals that underpin them, say analysts in response to New York pledge
NEWS: Shell, Nokia and Lego are among 1,000 businesses to join governments in support of carbon pricing