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being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This is the fourth edition of the Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance …
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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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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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The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature- and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world's tropical forests, but the …
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The Ugandan economy is recovering from a sharp contraction due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock that had slowed growth to its lowest pace in over three decades. Real GDP growth is estimated to reach above 3 percent during FY21, following the modest recovery of 0.7 percent in the first half of...
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, and extreme temperatures occurring more frequently. In response, the Government of Lesotho is collaborating with the World …
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This report analyses options to make international public climate finance more transformative. The report identifies eight sets of levers to drive climate action: project-based investments, financial sector reform, fiscal policy, sectoral policies, trade policy, innovation and technology...
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Climate-smart development is a rapidly growing area in Morocco, and indeed much of the world. It has simultaneously … energy costs, creating jobs, and increasing economic opportunity. A World Bank Group (WBG) team, together with the support of …
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now the fifth most intensive in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world and the most intensive in Europe and … the Republic of Uzbekistan (MEDPR), The World Bank, and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) jointly … held a series of public policy dialogues on green growth and climate change. The World Bank Group remains committed to …
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