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Climate finance, carbon market mechanisms and finance “blending” as instruments to support NDC achievement under the Paris Agreement

Strand, Jon - 2019

This paper considers the impacts of "finance blending" whereby climate finance is added to international carbon markets for offset trading. The paper first discusses climate finance and the carbon market as free-standing finance solutions by high-income countries to increase mitigation in...

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Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities in Agricultural Landscapes : A Practitioner's Guide to Agricultural and Land Resources Management

Braimoh, Ademola K. - 2016

)-an outline of country- level strategies to address climate change. This also presents recommendations for prioritizing World Bank … (Bank) mitigation engagement in each region. Approaches to filling mitigation financing and knowledge gaps in country …

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Carbon Markets Under the Kyoto Protocol : Lessons Learned for Building an International Carbon Market Under the Paris Agreement

World Bank Group - 2018

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

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Addressing Climate Change in Transport : Volume 2: Pathway to Resilient Transport

Oh, Jung Eun - 2019

Climate change is set to have profound effects on Vietnam's development. With nearly sixty percent of its land area and seventy percent of population at risk of multiple natural hazards, Vietnam globally is among the most vulnerable countries to both chronic and extreme events. At the same time,...

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Transformative Climate Finance : A New Approach for Climate Finance to Achieve Low-Carbon Resilient Development in Developing Countries

World Bank Group - 2020

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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Accelerating and Innovating Climate Action : A Retrospective of the World Bank's Experience with Select Climate and Carbon Trust Funds

World Bank Group - 2020

This retrospective examines how the World Bank's strategic use of climate-related trust funds has enabled it to play an … finance, with a focus on the pioneering role of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and World Bank carbon funds in spurring … climate change mitigation activities, this report draws lessons and recommendations on how the World Bank and the wider …

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Assessment of Net Mitigation in the Context of International Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control Mechanisms

Strand, Jon - 2016

This paper discusses the scope for market mechanisms, already established for greenhouse gas mitigation in Annex 1 countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol, for implementing "net mitigation," defined here as mitigation beyond Annex 1 countries' formal mitigation requirements under the Kyoto...

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Scaling Up Investment in Climate Change Mitigation Activities : Interface with the World Bank's Carbon Partnership Facility

Ward, Murray - 2009

investments in zero and low carbon technologies and systems. The World Bank is now beginning to actively engage partners it …

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Assessing the Environmental Co-Benefits of Climate Change Actions

Hamilton, Kirk - 2010

proposed way forward on use of country systems. The World Bank Group environment strategy is built on three pillars: leveraging … summary of the external literature on co-benefits; section three gives review of examples from the World Bank portfolio …

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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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