Mbeubeuss, West Africa’s largest dumpsite, receives 3,500 tons of waste daily from the Dakar urban area and hosts approximately 1,880 informal recyclers. Over the years, it has become a significant source...
Global efforts to keep the rise in average temperatures within 1.5 degree Celsius are falling short. To achieve this goal, more extensive decarbonization measures are necessary across all sectors of the...
Although Jordan is a small contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, its emissions have rapidly increased in the last four decades. Transport and energy prove to be the two sectors with the...
Climate change will likely be the most critical threat to private sector resilience in the coming years. Despite Georgia’s relatively small contribution to global carbon emissions, the country has experienced...
Zimbabwe, a landlocked African country, is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The primary sectors crucial for economic growth, outlined in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)...
The use of shadow prices of carbon (SPCs) in the economic analysis is a corporate commitment1 for all investment project financing by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and...
The development objective of the Industrial Emissions Reduction Project for Türkiye is to reduce the emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from selected industry sectors of Türkiye. The project...
Conscious of both its increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels, the Government of Bangladesh committed to achieving an ambitious climate change agenda. The government revised its Nationally Determined...
The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues, development, climate, and nature, and current levels of climate action are insufficient. Ending poverty on a livable planet requires all...
While countries increasingly commit to pricing greenhouse gases directly through carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, indirect forms of carbon pricing - such as fuel excise taxes and fuel subsidy...
El objetivo general de este estudio es proporcionar recomendaciones detalladas y una hoja de ruta para establecer un esquema de instrumentos económicos y así ayudar a catalizar la transición energética...
Alongside Indonesia’s development over the last decades, its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rose sharply, making Indonesia the seventh biggest emitter in the world. In 2021, the Indonesian government committed...
O Brasil está altamente exposto aos riscos das mudanças climáticas. Os impactos dos riscos globais das mudanças climáticas e das práticas locais nos biomas Amazônia e Cerrado são de particular preocupação...
Integrating climate and development is a pillar of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Climate Change Action Plan 2021– 2025 (CCAP). As part of the WBG CCAP, the WBG has committed to aligning all its financing...
This report presents key findings and recommendations based on a series of analytical activities regarding resilient cities and coastal economies that were conducted as part of the preparation of the full...
The investment decisions made by financial institutions play a crucial role in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, and yet quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of investments and presenting...
This guide begins by establishing the minimum conditions that should be in place to consider a technology feasible. This will be done in chapter two, starting with the general local political context and...
The objective of the Sanitation PPP Support Project for Tunisia is to increase access to and improve the quality of wastewater management services in selected areas of the country; and to strengthen ONAS’...
The Kyoto Protocol has provided a common framework for greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting through its internationally governed market-based approaches. On the other hand, the Paris Agreement is not calling...