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September 2016

Greening the Banking System: Taking stock of G20 green banking market practice

Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)
This paper, Greening the Banking System, takes stock of G20 experience with green banking, focusing on market practice. It assesses the evolving green banking agenda, focusing on mainstreaming and mobilization, drivers of progress, and key barriers. It concludes with a set of options for consideration by the G20.
20 November 2020

World Bank Webinar - Systemic Climate Action for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

World Bank Group

On 20 November 2020, at 8:30 AM (EDT), the World Bank Group is hosting a webinar on 'Systemic Climate Action for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth'.

Establishing China's green Financial System

Organisation: 
Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)
Country: 
China

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, has launched a ground-breaking report that sets out in specific and practical terms an ambitious agenda of how China can green its rapidly developing financial and capital markets.

April 2015

Establishing China's Green Financial System

People’s Bank of China, Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, has launched a ground-breaking report that sets out in specific and practical terms an ambitious agenda of how China can green its rapidly developing financial and capital markets.

September 2015

Greening China's Financial System

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry), Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), People's Republic of China

Over the past 30 years, China has developed rapidly to become the world’s second largest economy, reaching the status of a middle-income country.

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World Bank Course: Emissions Trading Systems: Using Markets to Promote Low Emissions

World Bank Group
This course covers the theory, practice, and experience for the design of emission trading systems.

Bangladesh Solar Home Systems

Organisation: 
World Bank Group

In support of the vision of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) of providing universal access to electricity by the year 2020, this project aims to support the Solar Home Systems (SHS) and mini-grid options for providing access to electricity in areas where grid electricity is difficult, expensive

November 2017

Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), World Bank Group, Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)
The Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System proposes an integrated approach to accelerate the transformation toward a sustainable financial system that can be used by all financial sector stakeholders and can bring policy cohesiveness across ministries, central banks, financial regulators, and private financial sector participants to focus efforts.
June 2019

Greening the Financial System: The new frontier

Banque de France
In this report, Banque de France identifies climate‑related risk as a source of financial risks, assesses their potential financial and macroeconomic impacts, and highlights the opportunities associated with financing a transition to a low-carbon economy.
November 2017

System-of-systems Framework for Global Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessments

Environmental Change Institute (ECI), GGKP Annual Conference
The paper System-of-systems framework for global infrastructure vulnerability assessments addresses the need for a system-of-systems framework that applies to assess infrastructure vulnerabilities in a generalized sense.

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