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Ensuring New Infrastructure is Climate-Smart
About US$90 trillion in infrastructure investment is needed globally by 2030 to achieve global growth expectations, particularly in developing countries. To achieve this, infrastructure investment…
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Climate-Resilient Infrastructure, OECD 2018
This Policy Paper is based on the OECD Environment Working Paper, "Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: Getting the Policies Right".
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Climate Resilient Public Private Partnerships
A Toolkit for Decision Makers, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) May 2020
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Handbook on Quality Control for Street Lighting Projects for EESL
The objective of this handbook is to act as a comprehensive guide in designing and implementing quality control plan for EE projects involving LED lamps.
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Renewable Infrastructure Investment Handbook
One of the most important challenges for institutional investors in the next several years is dealing with an environment of low-yielding opportunities combined with the rising need to deploy large…
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Energy Saving and Urban Renewable Projects
Below are a few sample projects on energy saving and urban renewable.
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Sector-Specific Content on Climate-Smart
View the quick snapshots of the sections below or find more sector-specific resources on Climate-Smart PPPs in these sections:
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Veitvet School project
The Veitvet School project is being built as a PPP and consists of a new elementary and middle school for grades 1 to 10, including a multi-use hall. The private partner (Skanska) will…
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Brazil’s AdaptaClima Platform
The AdaptaClima platform intends to support the dissemination of information and material on climate change to decision makers.
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European Climate-Adapt Platform
The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT is a partnership between the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA). Climate-ADAPT is maintained by the EEA with the…
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Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS)
The C3S Climate Data Store (CDS) is a one-stop shop for information about the climate: past, present and future. It provides easy access to a wide range of climate datasets via a…
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World Bank Group’s Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP)
The Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) provides global data on historical and future climate, vulnerabilities, and impacts. Explore them via Country, Region, and Watershed views. Access…
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Understanding Natural Gas and LNG Options
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trade is poised to be an important catalyst for economic growth in many countries. Natural gas and LNG development can enable economic development and stimulate…
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Adapting to Climate change: the role of public procurement
Adapting to Climate change: the role of public procurement, Greater London Authority (GLA) September 2009.
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Climate Resilience Design Guidelines (CRG)
Climate Resilience Design Guidelines (CRG), New York Port Authority (updated June 2018).
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Sustainable Procurement Platform
Official website of the Sustainable Procurement Platform.
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Environmental and Social Framework (ESF)
This webpage introduce the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).
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Climate Risk Case Study – Ports – Colombia
Physical infrastructure at ports and port activities may be highly vulnerable to changes in climate. For instance, the risks could manifest through changes in the level or patterns of shipping,…
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Climate Risk Case Study - Hydro – Zambia
Hydropower projects may be highly sensitive to climate change impacts. Water flows used by a project may be affected not only by changes in the hydrologic cycle, but also by climate related changes…
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Climate Risk Case Study - Hydro - Himal Nepal
This report presents the outcomes of a study analyzing the potential risks from climate change for the Khimti 1 run of the river hydro-electric power scheme in Nepal, owned and operated by the Himal…
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National-level climate change legislation and policies
The database covers national-level climate change legislation and policies in 177 countries. The online database covers climate and climate-related laws, regulations, policy…
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Glossary in Climate Change
Synthesis Report, Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex II: Glossary in Climate Change, IPCC, 2014
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Climate Resilience Principles: A framework for assessing climate resilience investments
Losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last 40 years, from a ten-year global average of USD 12 billion in 1980 to USD 119 billion today. (1) To combat spiraling…
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World Bank Group’s Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
The accelerating impacts of climate change, and the need to avoid much larger impacts in the future, bring urgency to scaling up action on adaptation and resilience. The World Bank Group (WBG) is…
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Climate and Environment - European Investment Bank
The European Union is at the forefront of the global fight against greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to adapt to a changing climate. It plays a leading role in implementing the Paris Agreement…