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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio
World Bank - 2012
society are increasingly concerned with anticipating the future effects of climate change while searching for strategies to …
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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio
World Bank - 2012
society are increasingly concerned with anticipating the future effects of climate change while searching for strategies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552975
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India : Diagnostic Assessment of Select Environmental Challenges, Volume 3. Valuation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in India
World Bank - 2013
This report provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: (i) urban air pollution, including particulate matter and lead; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; (iii) indoor air pollution; and four...
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Convenient solutions to an inconvenient truth : ecosystem-based approaches to climate change
2009
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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change
World Bank - 2012
, governments, communities, and civil society are increasingly concerned with anticipating the future effects of climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550826
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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change
World Bank - 2012
mitigate the impacts and contribute to solutions as nations and communities strive to adapt to climate change. Biodiversity is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561239
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Insights from the Kalagala biodiversity offset associated with the Bujagali power project in Uganda
World Bank - 2023
This report on biodiversity offsets is the fifth in a series published by the World Bank's Inspection Panel drawing on …
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Environment Matters at the World Bank, 2009 Annual Review : Banking on Biodiversity
World Bank - 2012
This issue of environment matters celebrates the 2010 international year of biodiversity and describes some of the … challenges and opportunities in protecting biodiversity for the benefit of humankind. From the world's highest mountain ranges to … Ecosystem Assessment showed, biodiversity is under severe threat, as ecosystems are being lost and degraded more rapidly and …
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Africa???s Trade in Services and Economic Partnership Agreements
World Bank - 2012
Trade can play a crucial role in the development of services sectors in Africa. Services offer new dynamic opportunities for exports, especially for land-locked countries, while opening up to imports of services and foreign direct investment is a key mechanism to increase competition and drive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550723
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Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report
World Bank - 2012
This report addresses the question raised in its title - now that 18 interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been initialed and negotiations of full EPAs have been launched, what should African countries and regional EPA-groups do? Part two of the report analyzes the outcome of the...
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