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Risk Mitigation Mechanisms
Hedging and Futures ContractsSome financial risks can be shared through financial instruments known as derivatives, futures contracts or hedging. For example, exposure to foreign exchange risk can be…
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Risk Allocation
Risk Allocation in Public Private PartnershipsA number of key risks must be identified, allocated, and managed to ensure successful financing and implementation of a PPP project. These risks will…
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Key Issues in Developing Project Financed Transactions
Certainty of Revenue StreamAs noted above, the project is unlikely to generate revenue until the operations period and so it is going to be key to lenders and other investors that the revenue stream…
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Project Finance – Key Concepts
Typical Project Finance StructureThe typical project financing structure (simplified for these purposes) for a build, operate and transfer (BOT) project is shown below. The key elements of the…
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Intercreditor Arrangements
Equity ContributionsProject sponsors are the investors in the project company that are likely to be providing expertise and some of the services to the project company (such as construction or…
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Financial Intermediaries
The section looks at the typical main investors into infrastructure projects.Commercial banks (local/ international)Commercial banks are important investors in infrastructure projects, particularly…
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Government Objectives: Benefits and Risks of PPPs
Potential Benefits of Public Private PartnershipsThe financial crisis of 2008 onwards brought about renewed interest in PPP in both developed and developing countries. Facing constraints on public…
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Rural Electrification Funds: Sample Operational Documents and Resources
As this is a growing set of sample documents, further annotations and examples will be posted here on an ongoing basis.If you have any suggestions, please contact us at ppp@worldbank.org.Sample…
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ANSI/ASHRAE Climatic Data for Building Design Standards
ANSI/ASHRAE Climatic Data for Building Design Standards (169-2013)- Standard serves as a comprehensive source of climate data for those involved in building design, and provides a variety of…
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Standardization Guidance for Weather Data, Climate Information and Climate Change Projections
The report examines the state of climate information in Canada and highlights how it can be integrated into infrastructure design decisions to make them more climate resilient and better able to…
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Technical Guide - Development, interpretation, and use of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) information: Guideline for Canadian water resources practitioners
The goal of this Guideline is inter alia to provide some of the first formal evidence and advice for the incorporation of forward-looking information into IDF values and related design activities,…
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Technical Guide - Infrastructure in permafrost: A guideline for climate change adaptation
This Guideline supports the appropriate consideration of climate-change-related factors during the planning, design, and management of a range of community infrastructure in permafrost regions.
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Australian Standard - Climate change adaptation for settlements and infrastructure — A risk based approach
This Standard is of relevance to all individuals and organizations who design, plan, approve, construct, maintain, operate and decommission settlements and infrastructure.
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The Building Code of Australia
The Building Code of Australia (BCA), in the National Construction Code series, contains technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures.
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Legal Resources for Climate Change Adaptation
Legal solutions are needed to ensure that government decision-makers, engineers, architects, planners, and other stakeholders account for known climate risks when making decisions about the…
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Effective Law and Regulation for Disaster Risk Reduction
The report assesses the legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in 31 countries. The purpose of this report is to support legislators, public administrators, and DRR and development…
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The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Handbook) has been developed to provide guidance on how to use the Checklist and conduct related legislative reviews and reform processes. While…
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The Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Checklist) provides a prioritized list of ten key questions that lawmakers, implementing officials, and those supporting them need to consider in…
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Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI)
The CCLI is examining the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change-related risk, and the circumstances in which they may be liable for…
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Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
This index assessment framework gives an overview of drivers at the country level that contribute to a business environment favorable to climate change adaptationand includes examples of…
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Legislating for a low carbon and climate resilient transition: learning from international experiences
The objective of this working paper is to inform policy experts, legislators and decision-makers on the recent trends in climate change policy-making around the world and to draw lessons learnt from…
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REEGLE
REEGLE Provides relevant clean energy information for countries, including an overview of related policies and regulations, it is currently no longer active, if you wish to access any of the…
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IEA/IRENA Addressing Climate Change - Policy and Measures Databases
IEA/IRENA Addressing Climate Change - Policy and Measures Databases provides searchable by policy type (e.g. regulatory instrument, voluntary approaches) and policy goal (e.g. infrastructure…
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Non-US Climate Change litigation
The database provides useful portal for Non-U.S. climate change litigations,