Amongst others, the main achievements of the project: Policy, Macro-economic Assessments and Instruments to Empower Governments and Business to Advance Resource Efficiency and Move Towards a Green Economy include:
1) Global analysis using system dynamic modelling and sectorial analysis providing the economic case for investing in the sectors of agriculture...
The overaching objectives of this project are to promote Mexico’s efficient use of energy and to mitigate climate change by increasing the use of energy-efficient technologies at the residential level.
The project’s overall objective is to contribute to the effective participation of the civil society in developing actions to mitigate the effects of global climate change in the Atlantic Rain Forest, ensuring the conservation and restoration of the Atlantic Rain Forest. The specific objectives are: a) Elaborate strategic guidelines for...
The objective of this operation is to strengthen social resilience to climate change through policies that will directly and indirectly benefit the poor by improving: (a) adaptation planning oriented to the state level; (b) disaster risk reduction and territorialdevelopment actions oriented to the municipal level; and (c) sustainable community forest...
The objective of the Coastal Watersheds Conservation in the Context of Climate Change Project for Mexico is to promote integrated environmental management of selected coastal watersheds as a means to conserve biodiversity, contribute to climate change mitigation, and enhance sustainable land use. The project has five components. (1) Creation and...
The government of Nepal, with the assistance of the World Bank has been helping build micro hydro plants across rural Nepalese communities. The plants are built and run by the communities, enabling sustainability, and bring much-needed electricity that powers industry and businesses.
Over 1,000 micro-hydro plants have been built so...
The objective of the Financing Energy Efficiency at Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Project for India is to increase demand for energy efficiency investments in target micro, small and medium enterprise clusters and to build their capacity to access commercial finance. There are four components to the project, the...