GFDRR’s Resilient Recovery program is involved in every major disaster, helping affected countries assess damage as well as economic losses and needs, plan for recovery, and be better prepared to respond...
Cities are growing rapidly. Urban areas are adding 1.4 million people every week, and more than half of the land projected to be urban by 2030 has not yet been developed. The decisions that cities make...
GFDRR’s resilient recovery initiative is involved in every major disaster, helping affected countries assess damage as well as economic losses and needs, and planning recovery. From typhoons in the Philippines...
Cities in the developing world are rapidly expanding, boosting countries’ economies, reducing poverty, and fueling global prosperity. But as more people, assets, and economic activity become concentrated...
This study covers the experience of six major multilateral development banks (MDBs) with concessional climate finance and is an input to the design of the Green Fund. Specifically, it provides an overview...
The report examines the rapid economic development Singapore has managed, while enhancing environmental quality, through a variety of good practices the city-state employed in both, environmental planning...
Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest urbanizing region in the world. Fast-growing cities are experiencing a range of environmental problems similar to other areas of the world that have experienced rapid...
Experience in both industrial and developing countries demonstrates that an effective approach for confronting urban environmental issues is to formulate a city-specific environmental management strategy...
The 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development Earth Summit concluded that the environmental problems of the world's growing urban population need attention; however, the 1993 Ford...
The 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development Earth Summit concluded that the environmental problems of the world's growing urban population need attention; however, the 1993 Ford...
Energy is a key input for economic development. The supply and demand of virtually every type of fuel generates varying degrees of environmental externalities that affect human health, ecological stability...
The existence of reliable, disaggregated information on residential fuel consumption and supply is essential to the formulation of sound household energy strategies. This report presents guidelines for...