The World Bank Group (WBG) has focused on reducing the environmental impacts of its internal operations and improving … Corporation (IFC) footprint and World Bank corporate responsibility teams facilitate the sustainability commitment of the WBG and …

The Lao PDR sits at the intersection of four critical ecoregions and is home to some of the world's biologically … richest and most endangered terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and species. The biodiversity endowment is crucial to the Lao … greener economic growth model. But Lao biodiversity is in danger. The highest priority threats to the country's biodiversity …

understanding on how biodiversity is incorporated in a development agency such as the World Bank Group (WBG) and how the WBG can …Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services … enhance its role in biodiversity and ecosystems protection and management as a key ingredient to reach development …

-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 …

a world with high inequalities than in a more equal world. In the long run, impacts could be much stronger, with global …

Biodiversity represents the variety of life on Earth, including the full range of ecosystems, species, and genes …. Biodiversity conservation efforts to date have achieved a great deal to help secure the continued functioning of many threatened … ecosystems and the survival of numerous species. Biodiversity offsets can: (i) improve the conservation outcomes from large …