Forestry has traditionally been one of Myanmar's most important economic sectors, generating more in export earnings in the period 2010-2018. It is estimated that the country will have lost 12 million ha of forest between 1990 and 2020 - the third largest absolute forest loss of all countries...

This paper argues that governments and regulators, supported by financial institutions and multilateral development banks (MDBs), hold the key to mobilizing private finance at the scale needed to transform the way we build, produce, and consume in order to protect nature while fostering...

Housed within the climate funds management unit (SCCFM) of the climate change group (CCG) in the World Bank, the biocarbon fund (BioCF), a public-private initiative, has pioneered results-based payments for emission reductions (ERs) from the land-use sector. The challenges can be daunting:...