EnvironmentThis topic area covers: the impact of Bank and Fund policies and activities on the environment, including the impacts of individual projects; programmatic and sectoral lending; and Bank and Fund policy research. Subjects covered include: oil, gas and mining; forests, large hydroelectric projects; energy issues; agriculture; the Global Environment Facility (GEF); the World Bank's involvement in carbon trading; safeguard policies; environmental compliance with World Bank policies and international mechanisms ; and related infrastructure issues. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 581World Bank manoeuvres to influence climate finance debates
As the next round of global climate negotiations approaches, the World Bank advocates the use of private sector finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation, and pushes multilateral development banks as delivery mechanisms. read article... Beyond repair? Bank lobbies for carbon marketsAs the UN climate summit in South Africa looms large, the World Bank is lobbying G20 countries to resuscitate shrinking carbon markets through controversial new measures, including using public climate finance to stimulate demand and integrating soil and forest carbon into market mechanisms. read article... Nepal climate loans: an injusticeThe Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR), part of the World Bank-housed Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), intends to provide frameworks for integrating climate resilience in national development planning of climate vulnerable countries. The Bank acts as trustee, secretariat and one of the implementing agencies of the CIFs. The PPCR offers recipient countries a mix of grants and loans for climate adaptation projects. read article... New reports question World Bank's coal investmentsAs the November Durban climate talks approach, the World Bank continues to be overshadowed by past and prospective loans for fossil-fuel power plants. read article... No fairy tale Singrauli, India, still suffering years after World Bank coal investmentsAs debates continue at the World Bank about its lending for new coal-fired power plants, residents of the Indian district of Singrauli, the country's coal capital, still live with the lasting social and environmental impacts of decades of coal-related projects and ask why the Bank has never returned to fully address what has been left in the wake of its investments in the region. read article... Climate Investment Funds Monitor October 2011The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) are financing instruments designed to pilot low-carbon and climate-resilient development through the multilateral development banks (MDBs). They are comprised of two trust funds - the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF). read article... India's energy future: Consequences of India's coal rush and alternative energy scenariosNotes of a panel discussion, Washington DC, 20 September 2011 read article... India's energy future: What role for the Bank?Notes of meeting, Washington DC, September 21, 2011 read article... Safeguards and climate finance in Indonesia in the context of REDD+Notes of meeting, Washington DC, September 23, 2011 read article... Annual meetings 2011: communiqués coverageCoverage of the communiqués from the G24, G20, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2011 annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF. read article... |
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No fairy tale: Singrauli, India, still suffering years after World Bank coal investments 18 November 2011
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Power surge: Lessons for the World Bank from Indian women's participation in energy projects 21 September 2011
A faulty model?: What the Green Climate Fund can learn from the Climate Investment Funds 21 June 2011
The role of the World Bank in carbon markets 4 February 2011
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