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CPLC, WBG, PMR |State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2020The State and Trends of Carbon Pricing series reflects on the growing momentum for carbon pricing worldwide. It targets the wide audience of public and private stakeholders engaged in carbon pricing design and implementation. This report provides an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including national and subnational initiatives. Category: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures |
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WBG |Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon DevelopmentTechnological revolutions have increased the world’s wealth to a level that was once unimaginable. They have done so unevenly, however, and in ways that have accelerated climate change. Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development argues that most of the emissions reductions required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals can be reached through the global deployment of existing and commercially proven low-carbon technologies (LCTs). Category: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Align Policies with Paris Agreement, Share Experiences and Expertise |
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WBG, PMR |Using Carbon RevenuesCarbon pricing is increasingly recognized as an important source of government revenue. Carbon revenues can be crucial in supporting cost-effective climate mitigation, industrial competitiveness and other economic and development objectives. How carbon revenues are used and how these uses are communicated are also critical for public and stakeholder acceptability of carbon pricing. Category: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures |
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WBG |State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2019The dangerous consequences of climate change are clearer than ever before. Yet, analyses indicate that countries’ implemented policies and Nationally Category: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures |
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WBG |Climate Change and Governance : Opportunities and ResponsibilitiesThis Governance Note explains why climate change is a governance issue. It describes the development challenge that climate change poses, outlines the role of institutions in tackling the issue and prescribes the policy response to address its impacts. Category: Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Climate-Resilient Financial Sector |
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WBG |Islamic Green Finance : Development, Ecosystem and ProspectsIslamic finance can be a catalyst for growth of green developments globally. Investors in Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia are witnessing the effects of non-sustainable investments on assets and portfolios that are exacerbating the climate change effects. This emerging trend provides greater opportunities for Islamic finance to attract a wider investor base and expand its role to support sustainable objectives of finance. Category: Climate-Resilient Financial Sector |
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WBG |Climate Auctions: A Market-Based Approach to National Climate ActionClimate auctions—a 21st-century alternative— competitively allocate public funding to commercially developed mitigation projects, ensuring both transparency in selection processes and efficiency in leveraging investment. Climate auctions offer successful project developers and commercial entities a guaranteed price for verified emission reductions, which these entities can then use to raise additional finance. Category: Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Climate-Resilient Financial Sector, Align Policies with Paris Agreement, Share Experiences and Expertise |
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WBG |Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action (Full Report)Climate policy has traditionally been viewed as the domain of energy and environment ministries. This report argues that environmental tax reforms, coupled with adaptation and risk management strategies, are among the most effective means to fight climate change and bolster economic resilience to natural disasters while raising human wellbeing. Category: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Align Policies with Paris Agreement, NDC Support and Implementation |
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WBG |Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action - Policy Summary for Finance MinistersThis brochure summarizes the policy recommendations of a World Bank upcoming publication: Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action. The report is a call to action for Finance Ministers. It highlights the fundamental role that fiscal instruments can play as a cost-efficient way to reduce climate emissions and enhance development. It calls for environmental taxes and the elimination of fossil fuels subsidies to ensure that energy prices reflect all externalities. Category: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning |
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WBG |St. Lucia: Climate Change Policy AssessmentSt. Lucia has been a leader among vulnerable Caribbean states in prioritizing a response to climate change, both nationally and in international fora. Its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) outlines a balanced mitigation strategy backed by costed investment plans, and a qualitative adaptation strategy with identified priority sectors. This paper takes stock of St. Lucia’s plans to manage climate change, from the perspective of their macroeconomic implications. Category: Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Climate-Resilient Financial Sector, Align Policies with Paris Agreement, NDC Support and Implementation |
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