Scaling Up Private Finance for Clean Energy in Emerging and Developing Economies

The new global energy economy represents a huge opportunity for growth and employment in emerging and developing economies. This report’s analysis identifies key barriers and how to remove them – and sets out the policy actions and financial instruments that can deliver a major acceleration in private capital flows for the energy transition.

Theme Report on Energy Transition

This proposed roadmap illuminates a way forward for how the world can achieve a sustainable energy future. The energy transition can thus no longer be limited to incremental steps. It must become a transformational effort, a system overhaul, based on the rapid upscaling and implementation of all available technologies to innovate for the future.

Guidelines to Implement Battery Energy Storage Systems Under Public-Private Partnership Structures

In recent years, the role of battery storage in the electricity sector globally has grown rapidly. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 3 GW of battery storage capacity was being commissioned each year. About half of these additions were utility-scale front-of-meter projects; the remaining half being behind-the-meter projects addressing individual customer requirements. However, these projects have mostly been commissioned in developed countries, despite it being clear that batteries can deliver substantial benefits in less developed countries.

People in a Changing Climate: From Vulnerability to Action - Insights from World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Reports covering 72 economies

This summary report, the third in the series, presents key findings from the first three years of CCDRs, covering 72 countries and economies. First, it summarizes CCDR findings on the impacts of climate change on people and explores how putting people at the core of climate-development policies enhances their effectiveness and generates larger benefits.

Global Perspective on Coal Jobs and Managing Labor Transition out of Coal: Key Issues and Policy Responses

This World Bank report explores the challenges of coal mine closures and how to support the transition of affected workers, including not only those displaced from mining jobs but also those employed in other parts of the coal value chain or in coal-dependent communities.