By 2050, the world is projected to be
1.5 degree C warmer than 2019, and the global population
will grow by 2.2 billion, which will increase the demand and
the need...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166121Date: June 5, 2020Author:
Teladia,Aamina
African countries are adopting a range
of context-specific climate-smart technologies and practices
to meet their food security and climate change goals.
Improved livestock...
Sustainable banking network (SBN)
members are financial sector regulators and industry
associations from emerging markets that are working toward
the twin goals of:...
Type: ReportReport#: 151296Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Kingsmill,Nick ;
Bates,Florence ;
Mallon,Aurore ;
Day,Edward Charles ;
Eis,Jason Reid
This retrospective examines how the
World Bank’s strategic use of climate-related trust funds
has enabled it to play an outsized role in catalyzing
climate action worldwide...
Type: ReportReport#: 149388Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Kapila,Shaanti Marie ;
Castro Rodriguez,Marcos Xavier ;
Miller,Alan ;
Climate Finance Advisors, BLLC
This year’s carbon pricing leadership
report comes at a challenging time in history. The battle
against the pandemic caused by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is in
full force;...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 149880Date: June 1, 2020
Economic growth and shared prosperity in
Sub-Saharan Africa will be increasingly undermined if
vulnerabilities to climate change are not addressed. Climate
impacts,...
These programs have been prepared by the
Government of Bulgaria (GoB) with technical support by the
World Bank. In the course of the work it became clear that
national...
This report is a synthesis of the key
findings and results of the four technical reports, with a
focus on the assessment of Climate Resilience (CR)
contributed by ENRM...
Type: ReportReport#: 148631Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Hammond,Michael John ;
Xie,Jian
This year’s carbon pricing leadership
report for 2019-2020 comes at a challenging time in history.
The battle against the pandemic caused by COVID-19
(Coronavirus) is...
The Carbon Fund of the Forest Carbon
Partnership Facility (FCPF) is set up to pilot
performance-based payment systems for emission reductions
generated from REDD+ efforts...
Type: ReportReport#: 159565Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Neeff,Till ;
Van Der Linden,Marco ;
Herrick,Moon Downstream
Sub-Saharan Africa did not cause the
climate crisis, but it is persistently and
disproportionately affected by its impacts. Climate change
is already impacting the region,...
In April 2019, we launched the Africa
Human Capital Plan. This ambitious plan sets out clear
targets and commitments to boost Africa's potential
through its human capital....
Malaysia, as most countries, is on the
verge of embarking on likely the last major chapter of the
Montreal Protocol (MP), the phase-down of global warming,
non-ozone...
Jamaica remains committed to its
contribution as the world continues to address the challenge
of climate change. In line with the voluntary requirements
of the Paris...
Country forest notes (CFNs) are a
centerpiece of the World Bank Group’s Forest action plan
(FY16–20) and Climate change action plan (2016–2020). They
provide a thorough...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001346Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Ravina Da Silva,Manuela ;
Follea,Salimata D.
The Earth's climate has already
begun to change and will inevitably continue to do so. Even
if the targets set in the Paris Agreement are met—to keep
the global surface...
Type: ReportReport#: 149316Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Dechezlepretre,Antoine ;
Fankhauser,Sam ;
Glachant,Matthieu Michel Marcel ;
Stoever,Jana ;
Touboul,Simon
Implementation of the right to
information as established in a Freedom of Information
Access (FOIA) Law provides a foundation for
institutionalization of transparency...
The economic success of the Chilean
forest sector relies heavily on its forest plantations,
which are facing significant challenges. Plantations are
intensively managed...
Access to water supply and sanitation
(WSS) services remains stubbornly low in Zambia. This poor
record on WSS service delivery is disastrous for Zambia’s
economy by...
Type: ReportReport#: 150491Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Buhl-Nielsen,Eric ;
Hutson,Mike ;
Tembo,Stephen P.M. ;
Requena,Sixto A.
In recent decades, the challenges of a
rapidly warming planet and other aspects of environmental
degradation have motivated a call for all actors in society,
including...
Type: ReportReport#: 150118Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Hussain,Farah Imrana ;
Tlaiye,Laura E. ;
Jordan Arce,Rolando Marcelo
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