included as part of a broader arsenal of tools to achieve domestic climate targets, but it is not a silver bullet: other policy … increasing the capacity of governments and domestic businesses. The World Bank Group, through its climate change action plan, is …Carbon prices are needed to incorporate climate change costs into economic decision making. Carbon pricing should be …

outcomes (MOs) and their international transfer are accompanied by robust accounting. Beyond international climate markets … in post-2020 international climate markets and to suggest standard terminology in the carbon asset development cycle … climate markets. This note reflects inputs from the informal working group on carbon assets, pilot transactions under …

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 ….5 degrees Centigrade limit in the context of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …

This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …

This retrospective examines how the World Bank's strategic use of climate-related trust funds has enabled it to play an … climate change mitigation activities, this report draws lessons and recommendations on how the World Bank and the wider … outsized role in catalyzing climate action worldwide for nearly 30 years. By looking back at the history of climate and carbon …

. According to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) two thirds of the world's population are now online. Estimates of the … sector. Meanwhile, one-third of the world's population, or 2.6 billion people, remain unconnected to the internet. The large … emissions, the greenhouse gas protocol corporate standard. Second, the report addresses the policy and regulatory implications …

support NDC implementation and achieve more ambitious climate results. The report reviews the broader policy context and …Climate auctions are an innovative climate finance mechanism, with high potential to support nationally determined … contribution (NDC) implementation and deepening through efficiently leveraging private investment. The World Bank has developed the …

The Paris Agreement introduced a bottom-up approach for addressing climate change by enabling countries to pledge … mitigation outcomes (ITMOs), to achieve their NDCs. Heterogeneous climate markets may have different governance systems and … need to create a new architecture to support transparency and enhance the tradability of climate assets across …

eight sets of levers to drive climate action: project-based investments, financial sector reform, fiscal policy, sectoral … policies, trade policy, innovation and technology transfer, carbon markets, and climate intelligence. It then examines how …This report analyses options to make international public climate finance more transformative. The report identifies …