Financing sustainable city infrastructure
With scarce resources, what solutions are available to finance the infrastructure needs of cities?
Interview with Abha Joshi-Ghani, Senior Manager World Bank at thecrystal.org.
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Oceans wrap Day 1
Oceans Inc presenter Charlotte Smith talks to Sue Lieberman of the Pew Environment Group about her aspirations for the Rio+20 Earth Summit and her views of the new Global Partnership for Oceans announced by the UN and the World Bank.
World Bank announces new Global Partnership for the Oceans
More than 80 governments, organisations and private companies have signed up for a new Global Partnership for the Oceans at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. The World Bank initiative focuses on reducing pollution, protecting habitat and sustainable fishing.
Land Grabbing in Mali
In Mali, a Libyan multinational has been given 100,000 hectares of prime agricultural land to grow export crops and livestock resulting in the displacement of people, loss of livelihood and destruction of villages.
