Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research...
The number of countries that have announced some type of commitment to net zero emissions has increased very rapidly in recent years, from five in 2018 to over 145 in 2023. Many of these are middle-income...
The development objective of Climate and Carbon Finance for Renewable Energy Project is mobilizing climate and carbon finance support for distributed renewable energy development in Bangladesh. This project...
Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in this change by supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report...
Blue Carbon encompasses the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass meadows, macroalgae (such as kelp), and benthic sediments, recognized for providing...
Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report Unlocking Blue...
This Live Wire assesses the extent of concessional financing needed to bring to zero the incremental costs of power sector decarbonization in select low- and middle income countries. Those costs are higher...
This paper proposes an objective way of estimating and allocating “differentiated” responsibilities for carbon emissions across countries. These responsibilities translate into specific obligations and...
Ratings for the Caixa Solid Waste Management and Carbon Finance Project for Brazil were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was moderately satisfactory and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality...
In December 2021, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) published Cambodia’s Long-Term Strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN), which outlines the country’s vision in achieving a carbon-neutral economy...
In December 2021, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) published Cambodia’s Long-Term Strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN), which outlines the country’s vision in achieving a carbon-neutral economy...
As developing nations grapple with the largefinancing needs required to achieve our climate goals, the urgency to mobilize sub stantial capital towards communities, nature, and broader developmental efforts...
How developing countries meet their rising building needs will be pivotal to the world’s climate future. The good news is that the projected emissions growth in construction value chains can be reduced...
How developing countries meet their rising building needs will be pivotal to the world’s climate future. The good news is that the projected emissions growth in construction value chains can be reduced...
How developing countries meet their rising building needs will be pivotal to the world’s climate future. The good news is that the projected emissions growth in construction value chains can be reduced...
How developing countries meet their rising building needs will be pivotal to the world’s climate future. The good news is that the projected emissions growth in construction value chains can be reduced...
Climate challenges in Indonesia are intertwined with the country’s growth and development trajectories. Indonesia’s Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) takes a historical look at climate and...
The main objective of the PMI project will be to support the Government of Türkiye in developing and launching carbon pricing instruments, notably ETS and capacity for Article 6 mechanisms. Considerations...