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10 Years of Experience in Carbon Finance : Insights from Working with the Kyoto Mechanisms
World Bank - 2012
countries adopted quantified emission reductions obligations. Marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the World … Bank Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) the world's first global carbon fund, this report seeks to take stock of the World Bank …
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A City-Wide Approach to Carbon Finance
World Bank - 2010
Urbanization and climate change will define much of the 21st century. Urbanization leads to improvement in standards of living, and through the increased density and service delivery efficiency of cities, higher growth can be achieved with lower greenhouse gas emissions. Cities and urban...
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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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Unlocking Blue Carbon Development
World Bank - 2023
The purpose of this paper is to provide a practical framework to guide governments in catalyzing and scaling up public and private investment in Blue Carbon as part of their blue economy development. It does this by describing in detail a Blue Carbon Readiness Framework, a step-by-step,...
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Defining Results-Based Climate Finance, Voluntary Carbon Markets and Compliance Carbon Markets
World Bank - 2022
Under the Kyoto Protocol, compliance carbon markets (CCM) were primarily in the form of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI). In 2015, the Paris Agreement introduced a new bottom-up approach to address climate change. Under the Paris Agreement, Parties set...
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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 …
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Energy Sector Decarbonization in Vietnam : Background Note to the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR)
World Bank - 2022
'just transition' oriented policies and regulations to support the people, communities, and businesses. World Bank Group …
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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 …
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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...
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Climate Change Institutional Assessment
World Bank - 2021
Climate change poses particularly difficult challenges for public sector institutions. Climate change impacts all sectors of the economy and society. Action to address climate change requires coordination among multiple government and nongovernment actors. The extended time frame over which...
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