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 th
The report shows evidence of the potential benefits of adopting sustainability as a business strategy. It also shows a dramatic shift in banks' awareness of these benefits.
Private sector hydropower projects are driven primarily by returns on equity investment balanced by perceptions of risk. This can lead to concerns that such projects may overlook environmental and social (E&S) issues that are fundamental to sustainability.
The development goal of the Public Sector Management and Social Inclusion Development Policy Loan (DPL) Program for Uruguay is to support the development and implementation of policies aimed at strengthening resilience to external shocks and improving growth opportunities, with a focus on poor an
The Agriculture Programme has undertaken research on the sustainability and resilience of food systems at a global level. “What price resilience?” sets out that the resilience that is required within food production systems to cope with increasingly severe and frequent shocks is also a prerequis
In 2014, the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL, working with and on behalf of the Banking Environment Initiative – BEI) commissioned a study entitled, “Stability and Sustainability in Banking Reform – Are Environmental