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<div>world-bank:content-type/news</div> <div>How is the World Bank Group Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV)</div> <div></div> <div><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/brief/addressing-gender-based-violence?intcid=ecr_hp_sidekick3_en_ext">https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/brief/addressing-gender-based-violence?intcid=ecr_hp_sidekick3_en_ext</a></div> <div></div> </div> </div> <div class="section-metadata"> <div> <div>sec-spacing</div> <div>section-none</div> </div> <div> <div>sec-spacing-bottom</div> <div>section-none</div> </div> <div> <div>style</div> <div>bg-primary-blue</div> </div> <div> <div>sec-inside-container</div> <div>false</div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="teaser"> <div> <div>teaserBlurb</div> <div>Together we can create a聽 <strong>world free of poverty on a livable planet</strong></div> </div> <div> <div>teaserStyle</div> <div>video</div> </div> <div> <div>videoReference</div> <div><a 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title="People">People</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/macroeconomics" title="Prosperity">Prosperity</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange" title="Planet">Planet</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/digital" title="Digital">Digital</a></em></p> </div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/planet</div> <div>50+ percent</div> <div>of the world鈥檚 <strong>original salt marshes</strong> were lost during the 20th century and this degradation continues.</div> <div><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/11/21/from-mangroves-to-seagrass-blue-carbon-ecosystems-are-critical-to-tackling-climate-change?intcid=ecr_hp_dataA_en_ext">https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/11/21/from-mangroves-to-seagrass-blue-carbon-ecosystems-are-critical-to-tackling-climate-change?intcid=ecr_hp_dataA_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: World Bank (2023), Unlocking Blue Carbon Development</div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/planet</div> <div>$42.6 billion</div> <div>delivered in <strong>climate finance</strong> by the World Bank Group in fiscal year 2024 to support efforts to end poverty on a livable planet.</div> <div><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/09/19/climate-finance-fiscal-year-2024-snapshot?intcid=ecr_hp_dataB_en_ext">https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/09/19/climate-finance-fiscal-year-2024-snapshot?intcid=ecr_hp_dataB_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: World Bank (2024)</div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/infrastructure</div> <div>685 million</div> <div>people <strong>live without electricity</strong> and 2.1 billion people still rely on damaging cooking fuels globally.</div> <div><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/06/11/progress-on-basic-energy-access-reverses-for-first-time-in-a-decade?intcid=ecr_hp_dataC_en_ext">https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/06/11/progress-on-basic-energy-access-reverses-for-first-time-in-a-decade?intcid=ecr_hp_dataC_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: World Bank (2024), Tracking SDG7</div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/planet</div> <div>1.2 billion</div> <div>people face at least one <strong>climate-related hazard</strong>, including floods, droughts, cyclones or heatwaves.</div> <div><a 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