Heads of World Bank and UN Announce Initiative to Ramp Up Finance for Climate Action
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MDBs Increase 2016 Financing to Tackle Climate Challenge
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Noor Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Project
Located on the edge of the Sahara desert, the NOOR CSP complex will supply power to 1.1 million Moroccans by 2018. It is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 760,000 tons per year which could mean a reduction of 17.5 million tons of carbon emissions over 25 years.
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Climate Finance
Climate Finance
The World Bank Group is more committed than ever to help countries meet the climate challenge and provides more than $10BLN a ...
Disaster Risk Management
Disaster Risk Management
Disasters hurt the poor and vulnerable the most. Over the past decade, the World Bank has emerged as the global leader in ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to managing landscapes—cropland, livestock, forests and fisheries--...
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IDA and Climate Change
IDA helps the poorest nations adapt to climate change by building their resilience to disasters, and promoting sustainable development to ...
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC)
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition brings together leaders from across government, the private sector and civil society to share ...
Climate Investment Funds
The $8.3 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is providing 72 developing and middle income countries with urgently needed resources to ...
Connect4Climate
Connect4Climate is a global partnership program launched by the World Bank Group and the Italian Ministry of Environment, joined by the ...