Finding the future: Building the case and supporting effective carbon pricing
Five months after the UN Climate Leadership Summit, with its unprecedented call to action for putting a price on carbon, low oil prices have provoked governments to look again at whether they have...
View ArticleThe disaster reality that must change
Cyclone Pam, March 13, 2015. Satellite image via NASA It’s one of the harsh realities of today. Just as representatives from around the globe began to gather in Sendai, Japan, for an international...
View ArticleTranslating words into action: We must build resilience into development
Translating Words into Action World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte speaks from the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction underway in Sendai, Japan, about...
View ArticleBrazil shows how far inclusive green growth has come in 20 years
Also available in: Português _ World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte talks about Brazil's shift toward green, inclusive growth and how innovative practices...
View ArticleRachel Kyte: Takeaways from the Spring 2015 Climate Ministerial
Spring Meetings 2015 At this year's climate ministerial of the World Bank Group/IMF Spring Meetings, 42 finance and development ministers discussed phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, putting a price...
View ArticlePricing carbon: No longer a question of if, but how for growing number of...
_ Carbon pricing was the center of discussion as Carbon Expo got underway in Barcelona on May 26. World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte was asked by RTCC...
View ArticleG7 recognizes need for deep emissions cuts. Now for action
Also available in: Español | Français This weekend, the leaders of the G7 committed to a series of actions that mark their first serious recognition of the economic transformation that is ahead of us....
View ArticleFrom the Aspen Ideas Festival: Rachel Kyte on Climate Resilience & Opportunity
_ At the Aspen Ideas Festival, World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte talks about climate resilience and how it can create opportunities for all people while...
View ArticleClean energy, not coal, is the solution to poverty
It is the development conundrum of our era. Extremely poor people cannot lift themselves out of poverty without access to reliable energy. More than a billion people live without power today, denying...
View ArticleClimate action does not require economic sacrifice
Also available in: Español | Français | العربية Harvesting rice-fields in a White Thai village in Mai Chau, Hoa Binh province, northern Vietnam. More than two decades ago, the world agreed on the need...
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