Sustainable innovation can transform Africa’s future. The Financial Times and the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) hosted the inaugural Africa Sustainable Futures ...

Grace Malie is the Rising Nations Youth Delegate from Tuvalu for COP29. Grace is a passionate advocate for Tuvalu, standing up for its culture, heritage, and youth in the face of the devastating ...

Leaders from government, the private sector and civil society are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), to accelerate action on the climate crisis. See below ...

The Hon Feleti Penitala Teo, OBE is the 14th Prime Minister of Tuvalu and was appointed on 26 February 2024. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Niutao. Prior to his appointment, he served ...

The World Bank Group’s Spring and Annual Meetings, held each April and October, bring together global leaders, country representatives, and civil society to discuss the global economy, progress on ...

Margaret Kim is the CEO of Gold Standard, a leading standard that allows climate and development initiatives to quantify, certify and maximize their impact towards climate security and sustainable ...

Marie joined IATA in 2022 as Chief Economist. In January 2023 Marie added the responsibility for IATA’s Environment and Sustainability activities to her Chief Economist role, and joined the Management ...

Max Andonirina Fontaine, recently appointed as the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar, stands as a symbolic figure of youth (28 years old) and innovation in ...

Mr. Benedict Chia is Director-General (Climate Change) from the National Climate Change Secretariat in the Strategy Group, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. He is responsible for driving Singapore’s ...

Mr. Akihiko (Aki) Nishio is the World Bank Vice President for Development Finance (DFi) where he oversees strategic mobilization of Bank resources, including the International Development Association ...

Francesco La Camera is the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He took office on 4 April 2019 and brings more than thirty years of experience in the fields of ...

Chang-Tai Hsieh conducts research on growth and development. Hsieh has published several papers in top economic journals, including "How Destructive is Innovation," in Econometrica, "The Allocation of ...