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This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …
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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...
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-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource … energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …
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urban dwellers will live in Africa and Asia. The world's urban areas wereresponsible for around 70 percent of greenhouse gas … (GHG) emissions in 2013, and that numbercould grow by 50 percent by 2050 if current trends continue. In 2015, world leaders …
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Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....
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Results-based financing is a well-established financing modality in the health and education sectors but it is still in an early stage of deployment in the area of climate change. This report reviews 74 results-based climate financing (RBCF) programs implemented in developing countries with an...
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This study delivers evidence of the main causes of premature deaths from air pollution in Almaty and Nur-Sultan, two major cities in Kazakhstan, and offers guidance on cost-effective solutions to prevent them while making the cities better prepared for a low-carbon future. The report provides...
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climate change on Ukraine, with a focus on agriculture, a key driver of the economy and jobs. The analysis provides an insight …. This report is supported by four background technical reports on climate projections, impact on agriculture, impact on …
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic …
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