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The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
Sobrevila, Claudia - 2010
for their potential value in the future. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the mainstay of grants implemented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247439
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Somalia Country Environmental Analysis : Diagnostic Study on Trends and Threats for Environmental and Natural Resources Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
contingent upon 'better management of Somalia's environment and its natural resources.' The Somalia CEA is an analytical document … that systematically evaluates Somalia's environment and natural resources (ENR) sector, using both authors' own data and … the interlinkages between environment and development and herald better coordination among development partners on matters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647302
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Green Growth Opportunities for the Decarbonization Goal for Chile : Report on the Macroeconomic Effects of Implementing Climate Change Mitigation Policies in Chile 2020
Antosiewicz, Mareck - 2020
The study presents the results of model simulations showing the macroeconomic effects of the implementation of key climate change mitigation policies in Chile, aimed to reduce CO2eq emissions in accordance with Chilean latest NDC and a target of zero net CO2eq emissions by 2050. By using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647538
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Results-Based Climate Finance in Practice : Delivering Climate Finance for Low-Carbon Development
World Bank Group - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247940
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Transformational climate finance : donors' willingness to support deep and transformational greenhouse gas emissions reductions in lower-income countries
Strand, Jon - 2020
This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241188
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A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
Partnership for Market Readiness - 2017
The past year has seen a significant increase in global momentum for climate action. As of April 2017, one hundred thirty-seven Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have already submitted their first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) as part of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247975
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Greening Africa's Cities : Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services
White, Roland - 2017
Africa, unique in a number of respects, is having deleterious and largely unchecked impacts on the natural environment; the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248030
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Pakistan at 100 : Environmental Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at 100, Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at 100 discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan so that the country becomes an upper middle-income country when it turns 100 years old in 2047. This policy note...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645976
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Report on the Simulation of Low Carbon Green Growth Policies, including the Results of Impact Assessment and Final Policy Recommendations
World Bank - 2015
This assessment presents a synthesis of analysis to contribute to the definition of a lower carbon and greener growth path for Romania to 2050. The objective of Romania's green growth path is to implement mitigation actions and undertake needed adaptation while preserving growth and employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644434
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Central African Republic Country Environmental Analysis : Environmental Management for Sustainable Growth
World Bank Group - 2010
The objectives of this Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) for the Central African Republic, are to provide an analytical basis for the development of policy recommendations, assist in defining priority investments to address the most significant environmental management challenges, and inform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647215