This note describes Carbon Monitor Cities 2.0, a new approach to near-real-time monitoring of city-level greenhouse gas emissions from various sectors without the need for local data collection. With support from the City Climate Finance Gap Fund, the World Bank piloted this approach for 11...

Interest in investment climates has emerged relatively recently. In the 1960s and 1970s, governments in many countries believed they should play a direct role in rural credit, input supply, production, trade, transport, distribution, and even marketing. However, in the 1980s and 1990s,...

This report examines the various issues surround the Greening of Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) with a view to provide recommendations to the Government of Bulgaria and interested parties on considerations and approaches for a potential transaction involving a sale of AAUs and implementing a green...

This report examines the various issues surround the Greening of Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) with a view to provide recommendations to the Government of Bulgaria and interested parties on considerations and approaches for a potential transaction involving a sale of AAUs and implementing a green...

Sustainable development experts and policy makers expect carbon markets to drive climate finance and help meet climate goals. Carbon pricing and carbon markets continue to evolve and grow. New schemes and instruments were introduced with fiscal revenues reaching a record $104 billion from carbon...