
How to ensure a just global coal phase out
Coal phase out: Global transitions to clean energy systems is vital to tackle climate change, but policies are needed to support workers and economies.
Juergen Voegele, Ph.D., was appointed Senior Director of the World Bank's Agriculture Global Practice on July 1, 2014.
Prior to this appointment, he was the Director of the World Bank\'s Agriculture and Environmental Services Department. In this role, he provided leadership on the Bank’s activities across sustainable landscapes and oceanscapes, agriculture and environmental economic policy, and risk management and markets.
Coal phase out: Global transitions to clean energy systems is vital to tackle climate change, but policies are needed to support workers and economies.
The World Bank is building resilience to climate change effects like torrential rains and landslides that threaten Burundi's steep hillside communities.
Our global food system is unsustainable, and under increasing pressure from a growing population. We have the tools and knowhow to build a more inclusive, sustainable, efficient and nutri...
Les technologies de rupture pourraient aider à distribuer des aliments, des richesses et des données, à réduire la faim et le gaspillage et à favoriser l’autonomie des agriculteurs.
Las tecnologías disruptivas podrían ayudar a distribuir alimentos, riqueza y datos, reducir el hambre y el desperdicio, y empoderar a los agricultores.
Disruptive technologies could help distribute food, wealth and data, reduce hunger and waste, and empower farmers. Or they could consolidate the food sector, expanding bad practices rathe...
Les zoonoses sont à l’origine de plus d’un milliard d’infections humaines et d’un million de décès par an
The food system is unequal, unsustainable, unstable, and in need of transformation. We must take action - now.
Stable, assured funding for public research into wheat breeding remains elusive.