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Powering the Transition: World Bank and other IFI energy lending in Asia

10/10/2018

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This year, the World Bank is holding its Annual Meetings in Asia. This is a region that will be key to the success of the global energy transition, and at the same time has much to lose if it does not happen fast enough, because its people are so vulnerable to climate change. The most […]

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IFI Energy Investments in Bangladesh: A way forward to SDG 7

21/05/2018

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Bangladesh is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, yet at the same time it has demonstrated climate leadership, particularly in pioneering solar energy for all. The government has committed to ensuring access to affordable and reliable electricity for all citizens by 2021. This briefing note examines how appropriate lending for energy projects by international […]

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Briefing note

The AIIB’s Energy Opportunity: How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s energy lending can chart a new path of sustainable development

15/06/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be a major new funder of infrastructure in developing Asia, where demand for power is growing faster than any other region in the world. Done right, its energy lending could promote an inclusive and sustainable Asian energy transition. This report sets out a vision for an AIIB […]

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Issue briefing

Hot, Hungry and Starved of Investment: Supporting smallholders to build a climate-resilient agricultural sector in southern Africa

24/05/2016

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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As the African Development Bank meets in southern Africa, one of the strongest and most sustained El Nino events on record – turbocharged by climate change – is causing severe drought, failed harvests and a hunger crisis across the region. This is being made worse by record high temperatures as a result of global warming. […]

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Briefing paper

Let Them Eat Coal: Why the G7 must stop burning coal to tackle climate change and fight hunger

06/06/2015

8 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate change is already the biggest threat to winning the fight against hunger. Coal is the biggest single cause of climate change, yet the G7 countries are still burning huge amounts, despite efficient, affordable, renewable alternatives being available. G7 coal power stations emit twice as much fossil fuel CO2 as the whole of Africa, and […]

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Briefing paper

Breaking the Standoff: Post-2020 climate finance in the Paris agreement

01/12/2014

6 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate finance is fundamental to a fair and effective global climate agreement. Too few countries have delivered on their obligations. As a result, the world’s poorest people have not benefitted from the necessary investment, and climate finance has been a major obstacle to achieving a global climate change agreement. This paper suggests a new approach […]

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Issue briefing

The UN Climate Summit’s Public-Private Action Announcements: Sorting the promising from the greenwash

19/09/2014

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Since global leaders last met to discuss climate change five years ago, climate-related disasters have cost the world almost half a trillion dollars. More than 650 million people have been affected and more than 112,000 lives have been lost. World leaders meeting at the Ban Ki-moon Summit on 23 September need to help galvanize global […]

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Issue briefing

The EU’s 2030 Energy and Climate Change Package: Fit for a food and energy-secure world?

03/06/2014

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The EU is facing an energy wake-up call as a food and fuel crisis looms. Political instability from Russia and Ukraine is combining with climate vulnerability in the EU’s key exporters. Big decisions are being taken now about Europe’s energy future as the EU negotiates a new set of climate and energy targets for 2030. […]

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