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Faster track to better carbon prices
Carbon pricing instruments implemented or scheduled for implementation, with sectoral coverage and GHG emissions covered.Many of my compatriots in Poland, where over 90 percent of power generation...
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Marching forward: China is creating the world’s largest market-based carbon...
China – the world largest emitter of greenhouse gases – is implementing a national carbon market in 2017 During his visit to Washington last week, China’s President Xi Jinping confirmed that the...
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Covering more ground: 18 countries and the work to conserve forests
Participants at the 13th FCPF Carbon Fund meeting in Brussels, Belgium Credits: FCPF Carbon Fund With all eyes on Paris climate meetings in December, we are at a critical moment to show that our...
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Thinking big: The importance of landscape-scale climate action plans ahead of...
Credit: UN-REDD Programme/Pablo Cambronero The countdown is now well and truly onto to the Paris climate change talks in France. A key factor in the talks will be the national plans, known as the...
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De-risking climate-smart investments
The city of Ouarzazate in Morocco will host what will become one of the largest solar power plants in the world. Photo: CIF / World Bank The investment needs for low-carbon, climate-resilience growth...
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Time for financial institutions to mainstream climate
Today, a group of 26 financial institutions from across the globe, including the World Bank Group, launched five voluntary Principles for Mainstreaming Climate Action within Financial Institution. The...
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China: in pursuit of a new development pathway
City landscape, Tianjin, China. Photo: Yang Aijun / World Bank More than 180 countries have submitted their intended national climate plans to get on a low-carbon development pathway ahead of COP21...
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We have an agreement in Paris: So, what’s next for the private sector?
Wind turbine farm in Tunisia. Photo: Dana Smillie / World Bank It's been two months now since the historic climate change conference, COP21, wrapped up in Paris, concluding with 195 countries pledging...
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Mobilizing the buildings sector for climate action
Kolkata West International City, India. Credits: IFC With the passing of the historic climate change agreement in Paris, the buildings sector, which accounts for 32 percent of total energy use and 19...
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New bike lanes and metro stations in Bucharest paid for by carbon credits
Over the years, Bucharest has developed an impressive cycling infrastructure. Photo: Stelian Pavalache This year, people living in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, saw more new bike lanes and metro...
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A greener future starts with women
Also available in: Spanish When I started my career in the world of global development some twenty odd years ago, a number of female leaders inspired me. Rachel Carson had left an epic legacy with her...
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Empowering a greener future
CIF launches annual report that marks 2015 as year of achievements Photo: World Bank Group This is Morocco’s Noor 1 concentrated solar power plant, the first phase of what will eventually be the...
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Using technology to stay ahead of disaster risk
Hurricane Patricia. Photo credit: NASA Earth Observatory We’re witnessing an unprecedented uptick in record-breaking storms. In October last year, Hurricane Patricia came ashore in Mexico with record...
View ArticleConnecting on climate action and Sustainable Development Goals
Global action on climate change to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals was a key message delivered by the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea at the United Nations High Level...
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