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Integrated Safeguards System
AfDB requires an assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerability of the asset and its operations to climate change as part of the environmental and social assessment process for its public…
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Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Governing Board Resolution
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Governing Board Resolution of December 2018 provides guidelines to ensure that identified safeguard concerns are considered during the feasibility…
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Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005
The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 mandates that climatic factors need to be considered throughout Social and Environmental Assessments.
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 52)
In Canada, it is a requirement for major development projects to incorporate climate change impacts and adaptation in EIAs under the Environmental Assessment Act as amended on June 22…
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Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
The EIA process includes an assessment of the impact of projects on climate (for example greenhouse gas emissions) and their vulnerability to climate change.
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Carbon Capture and Storage
With many countries depending on fossil fuels for energy generation, in particular in the developing world, carbon capture and storage (CCS) could support the worldwide efforts to ensure energy…
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Wind Power Energy
Policies, Laws and Regulations: Wind Power ProjectsGlobal:Reference: IEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) maintains a…
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Solar Power Energy
Policies, Laws and Regulations: Solar PowerGlobalIEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) maintains a joint database with…
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Hydropower
Policies, Laws and Regulations: HydropowerIEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) maintains a joint database with the…
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Geothermal Energy
Policies, Law and Regulations: Geothermal EnergyIEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) maintains a joint database with…
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Biomass
Policies, Laws and Regulations: BiomassIEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) maintains a joint database with the…
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Renewable Energy
For more information, visit the section on Toolkits, see Renewable Energy Projects by Resource (Solar Power, Wind Power, Hydropower, Biomass and Geothermal) or see Water Projects Using Renewable…
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Preparing, Procuring and Implementing Climate-Smart PPPs
While infrastructure, such as roads, hydropower projects and water treatment plants, contributes to a large extent to climate change, infrastructure and its services may also become increasingly…
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Climate-Smart PPP Legal and Regulatory Framework
Climate change is now firmly on the global agenda. While the UN Sustainable Development Goals call for urgent action to combat climate change, the world committed under the 2015 Paris Agreement to…
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Climate-Smart PPPs
The majority of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions today is associated with carbon-intense infrastructure construction and operation, particularly in the energy, public transport, water supply and…