This Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory Management Plan (IMP) supports the World Bank Group's FY24 GHG emissions accounting results from its internal global business operations, as reported in the...
In 2024, Brazil faced its worst wildfire season in decades, with over 59 million hectares burned - surpassing the size of France. Smoke reached neighboring countries, and São Paulo ranked among the world’s...
Em 2024, o Brasil enfrentou uma das piores temporadas de queimadas das últimas décadas, com mais de 59 milhões de hectares queimados - área maior que a França. A fumaça atingiu países vizinhos e São Paulo...
A diversificação dos mecanismos de garantia no Brasil é essencial para atrair investimentos privados em infraestrutura. Garantias sólidas aumentam a segurança jurídica e reduzem o risco percebido por atores...
Trade’s impact on emissions is not straightforward. Existing literature on trade and emissions primarily focuses on countries' net export emissions, often neglecting the emissions saved by importing products...
Textiles are Pakistan’s most critical manufacturing sector, contributing nearly one‑fourth of the industrial value added and employing about 40 percent of the industrial labor force. It has the longest...
This Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory Management Plan (IMP) supports the World Bank Group's FY23 GHG emissions accounting results from its internal global business operations, as reported in the...
he development objective of the Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project for Indonesia is to scale up investment in geothermal energy development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia. Some...
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...
