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World Bank Group - 2016

The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be … large and uneven across the globe. Water-related climate risks cascade through food, energy, urban, and environmental … systems. Growing populations, rising incomes, and expanding cities will converge upon a world where the demand for water rises …

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Albania Country Economic Memorandum : Strengthening the Sustainability of Albania's Growth Model

World Bank Group - 2021

Albania is gradually emerging from the unprecedented economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As the pandemic is overcome, it is crucial to shift attention back to Albania's long-term objective of building a stronger underlying economic growth model. This...

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Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook

World Bank Group - 2016

This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the...

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Low Carbon Cities : Exploring New Crediting Approaches to Deliver Carbon and Climate Finance

World Bank Group - 2018

By 2050, two-thirds of the planet's population will live in urban centers, and nearly 90 percentof the 2.5 billion new urban dwellers will live in Africa and Asia. The world's urban areas wereresponsible for around 70 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2013, and that numbercould grow...

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Climate Auctions : A Market-Based Approach to National Climate Action

World Bank Group - 2019

With the Paris Agreement and most of its detailed rulebook now finalized, countries and subnational actors face the challenge of translating climate targets and strategies into action and determining how to finance these actions. Through the Pilot Auction Facility for Methane and Climate Change...

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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality

World Bank Group - 2006

environmental priorities: (a) river basin management and conservation of water resources, (b) reforestation, and (c) conservation o … pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding and landslides); and land …

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Results-Based Climate Finance in Practice : Delivering Climate Finance for Low-Carbon Development

World Bank Group - 2017

Results-based financing is a well-established financing modality in the health and education sectors but it is still in an early stage of deployment in the area of climate change. This report reviews 74 results-based climate financing (RBCF) programs implemented in developing countries with an...

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Thailand : Clean Energy for Green Low-Carbon Growth

World Bank Group - 2011

Thailand needs to avoid the high-carbon growth path of many developed countries and, instead, take a low-carbon growth path. A green low-carbon growth path is in Thailand's own interest as it can simultaneously tackle local environmental degradation, global climate change, and energy security...

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World Bank Group - 2021

Sound pesticides management and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in particular are widely acknowledged as important mechanisms to mitigate pre- and post-harvest losses and to achieve sustainable agricultural intensification. The recent proliferation of agricultural concessions, contract farming...

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Climate Adaptation in Uzbekistan : Landscape Restoration Opportunities

World Bank Group - 2024

degradation in the agriculture, forest, and water sectors …

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