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Climate change and the World Bank Group : phase II, the challenge of low-carbon development
Chomitz, Kenneth M. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393595
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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio
World Bank - 2012
Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552911
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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio
World Bank - 2012
Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552975
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World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
World Bank - 2012
Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty today, a quarter. Now, a much smaller share of …'s end, it could lead to warming of 5??C or more compared with preindustrial times and to a vastly different world from today …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561269
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World development report 2010 : development and climate change
2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245414
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Romania Climate Change and Low Carbon Green Growth Program
World Bank - 2013
This report has been prepared by the World Bank for the Government of Romania as an output of the World Bank advisory … services program on climate change and low-carbon green growth in Romania. In response to the request, the World Bank quickly …, transport, urban, water, agriculture, and forestry, which were pre-identified by both the Government of Romania and the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564508
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Ghana - Green Growth PASA : Readiness For Participation In International Carbon Markets - Preliminary Assessment Result from the Application of The World Bank's Mitigation Action A...
World Bank - 2022
Carbon markets under the Paris Agreement are expected to differ substantially from those that emerged under the Kyoto Protocol. Unlike the top-down approach of markets created by the Kyoto Protocol, such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), international carbon markets under Article 6 of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544945
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Increased Productivity and Food Security, Enhanced Resilience and Reduced Carbon Emissions for Sustainable Development : Opportunities and Challenges for a Converging Agenda - Coun...
World Bank - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the challenges and the practical successes that a selected number of countries are experiencing in moving towards 'climate-smart' agriculture while also meeting the food requirements of a growing population, broader economic development and green growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247654
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Beyond mitigation : potential options for counter-balancing the climatic and environmental consequences of the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases
MacCracken, Michael C. - 2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394232
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Resource Mobilization for HCFC Phase-out and Climate Mitigation Co-benefits
World Bank - 2008
This study seeks to identify potential sources of co-financing to meet the additional costs of energy efficiency (EE) and climate mitigation benefits associated with the hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) phase-out supported by the Multilateral fund of the montreal protocol (MLF). As it stands, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564591