The Clean Technology Fund: Insights for Development and Climate Finance
Over the past year, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) administered by the World Bank in partnership with Regional Development Banks has begun financing clean technology deployment projects in fast...
View ArticleFrom Copenhagen To Cancun: Climate Finance
An update on the role of climate finance in the international climate negotiations.An agreement on climate finance is critical to success in Cancun. Last year’s climate talks in Copenhagen recognized...
View ArticleGoverning Climate Finance: The Importance of Reporting Guidelines and Review...
This “Budget Brief” originally appeared on the International Budget Partnership website. You can read the entire text, and download a PDF of the brief, here.The international community has come...
View ArticlePower, Responsibility, and Accountability: Re-Thinking the Legitimacy of...
Executive SummaryThe 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit left unresolved major questions about how to fund lowcarbon development in developing countries. In a high-level political declaration—the...
View ArticleThe Road to the Green Climate Fund
This post originally appeared on the World Bank blog Development in a Changing ClimateThe UN Climate Talks in December 2010 concluded with a set of decisions known as the Cancun Agreements, which...
View ArticleWorld Bank Energy Strategy Must Address Energy Poverty and Climate Change
In consultations, a range of countries and interest groups have called for an energy strategy that supports sustainable development.The World Bank is in the final stages of drafting a new energy...
View Article2011 Asia Clean Energy Forum
Policymakers, private sector firms, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across Asia gathered on 20-24 June 2011 in Manila, Philippines for the 6th Asia Clean Energy Forum, “New Business Models...
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Emerging Actors in Development Finance: A Closer Look at Chinese and...
The landscape of development finance is changing rapidly. Traditionally, international financial flows moved from developed countries to developing countries. In the last decade, however, major...
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WRI Experts on Asia's Clean Energy Future
Why is Asia such an important region for clean energy deployment? WRI experts respond.From June 22-24, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the...
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Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment
OverviewLending and government institutions, such as the International Finance Corporation and the US Council on Environmental Quality, now require the explicit consideration of ecosystem services in...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: Development Banks Announce "Game Changer" for Sustainable...
The world’s largest multi-lateral development banks — led by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and others — committed to provide more than $175 billion over 10 years to support sustainable...
View ArticlePublic Financing Instruments to Leverage Private Capital for Climate-Relevant...
Executive SummaryAs private sector investment flows within and into developing countries rapidly increase, the public sector has a unique opportunity to ensure that these flows are directed to meet...
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ADVISORY: Mayor Bloomberg and World Bank President Kim Headline Transforming...
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, are scheduled to headline a keynote session at the annual Transforming Transportation...
View ArticleSurvey of Public Financing Institutions' Use of Instruments
This document is drawn from Appendix I in WRI’s working paper, Public Financing Instruments to Leverage Private Capital for Climate-Relevant Investment: Focus on Multilateral Agencies. It maps the...
View ArticleStriking the Balance: Ownership and Accountability in Social and...
Executive SummaryMany governments around the world have put in place systems to help ensure that investments in changes such as infrastructure projects, government programs or new national laws do not...
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