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Integration of short-lived climate pollutants in World Bank activities : a report prepared at the request of the G8 (English)

As a development institution focused on reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, the World Bank is working in many countries that suffer from a lack of basic services such as waste management, transportation, and access to modern energy. Addressing these development challenges often has an impact on the emission of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) among them methane and tropospheric ozone, black carbon (BC), and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). While the development benefits are the primary focus of the World Bank's support to these projects, they also provide an opportunity to realize climate benefits as well as air quality, health, and agricultural co-benefits, by reducing SLCP emissions. This review of the World Bank’s portfolio highlights the efficacy of integrating SLCP mitigation in development projects. Over the six-year period of the review (FY2007-2012), 7.7 percent of IBRD/IDA commitments (approximately US$18 billion) were on SLCP-relevant activities in energy, transport, roads, agriculture, forestry, and urban waste and wastewater. Going forward, the goal will be to transform as much of the SLCP-relevant activities as possible into SLCP-reducing activities

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  • Author

    Akbar, Sameer Ebinger, Jane Kleiman, Gary Oguah, Samuel

  • Document Date

    2013/06/01

  • Document Type

    Working Paper

  • Report Number

    80481

  • Volume No

    1

  • Total Volume(s)

    1

  • Country

    World,

  • Region

    The World Region,

  • Disclosure Date

    2013/08/30

  • Disclosure Status

    Disclosed

  • Doc Name

    Integration of short-lived climate pollutants in World Bank activities : a report prepared at the request of the G8

  • Keywords

    Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program;Analytic and Advisory Activities;contribution to climate change;panel for climate change;early stage of development;black carbon;European Bank for Reconstruction;Global Warming;Solid Waste Management;black carbon emission;Oil & Gas;Oil and Gas;short-lived climate pollutants;Operational Data Store;outdoor air pollution;global climate change;emission reduction potential;liquefied petroleum gas;global warming potential;bus rapid transit;tropospheric ozone;climate benefit;fossil fuel production;primary wastewater treatment;biodegradable municipal waste;vent reduction;access to finance;urban waste water;replacement of equipment;solid waste sector;terms of use;agriculture and forestry;motor vehicle air;abatement cost estimate;local air quality;carbon emission reduction;energy efficient technology;emissions from livestock;emission reduction measures;effect on health;economies in transition;reduction of pollutant;Maintenance of Irrigation;Development Policy Operation;solid waste collection;local public health;climate action plan;multilateral development bank;urban air pollution;high sulfur content;activity in energy;carbon dioxide emission;emission reduction units;air environment;emission reduction opportunities;emission of particulate;carbon finance operation;climate change impact;combustion of diesel;combustion of biomass;toxic air pollutant;extreme weather event;social discount rate;snow and ice;body of water;urban roads;brick kiln;premature death;Energy Sector;

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Akbar, Sameer;Ebinger, Jane;Kleiman, Gary;Oguah, Samuel;

Integration of short-lived climate pollutants in World Bank activities : a report prepared at the request of the G8 (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/972571468326204977/Integration-of-short-lived-climate-pollutants-in-World-Bank-activities-a-report-prepared-at-the-request-of-the-G8

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