BERLIN, May 29, 2017— New conclusions from the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices, led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Lord Nicholas Stern, provide the right advice at the right time to boost...
Date: May 29, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ASTANA, January 26, 2017 – Today the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the World Bank launched a new project aimed at designing and developing Kazakhstan’s greenhouse gases (GHG) electronic...
Date: January 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
As businesses and governments aim to make good on the promise of the Paris Agreement, which sets the globe on a path to stabilize temperature rise at or below 2 degrees Celsius, leading businesses and...
Date: January 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Auctions bring together buyers and sellers to agree on a price for goods or services that are otherwise difficult to value. In climate finance, reverse auctions can be used to produce the biggest bang...
Date: January 11, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
101 Countries Consider Carbon Pricing as Part of their Paris Agreement Commitments HANOI, Vietnam, October 18—Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation...
Date: October 18, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The 2015 year highlighted the growing momentum for countries to voluntarily embrace putting a price on carbon pollution, as a means of cutting emissions. The report, Carbon Pricing Watch 2016, shows...
Date: May 25, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Sweden has the rare distinction of having consistently curbed carbon dioxide emissions over the past two-and-a-half decades while enjoying solid growth. In so doing, it has set a model that much of the...
Date: May 16, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The Paris climate talks in December 2015 delivered a breakthrough consensus after decades of negotiations: the collective commitment of more than 190 countries to hold planetary warming to 2 degrees Celsius...
Date: April 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ZURICH, March 8, 2016 – Just months after the Paris Agreement at COP21, the World Bank today brought together over 30 developed and developing countries at the Carbon Pricing: Sustaining the Momentum after...
Date: March 8, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ASTANA, January 26, 2016 – The World Bank Country Office in Kazakhstan hosted a technical workshop to share early findings from the study “Development of Policy Options for Mid- and Long-term Emissions...
Date: January 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In an extraordinary move on the first day of the climate conference in Paris, the leaders of six countries stood on stage with the head of the World Bank Group urged other nations and companies to put...
Date: December 1, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Today, with these global leaders gathered here in Paris, we now have the opportunity for the first time to put the world on a path toward a low-carbon, more resilient future. We’ve come together in the...
Date: November 30, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
“Just a few weeks after the horrific attacks, Paris will soon be known as the place where world leaders stood together on the right side of history.” That’s the view of World Bank Group President Jim Yong...
Date: November 26, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, Oct 19, 2015 – For the first time, an unprecedented alliance of Heads of State, city and state leaders, with the support of heads of leading companies, have joined forces to urge countries...
Date: October 19, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
What can be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect our environment, and help support people most vulnerable to climate change? The answer is simple: A key element for any strategy to tackle climate...
Date: October 19, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim yesterday announced a major increase in the Bank Group’s financing to help countries combat climate change by building low carbon and resilient development. The...
Date: October 10, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON D.C., July 17, 2015 - Right now, there are not enough incentives for the managers of farms, or wastewater treatment plants, or the owners of landfills in developing countries, to capture the...
Date: July 17, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Distinguished delegates. I’m honored to be here with you today. I appreciated the thoughtful remarks from my friend Prime Minister Hailemariam, and I welcome his invitation to add a World Bank Group perspective...
Date: July 14, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
In the past year and a half, Portugal and Mexico implemented new carbon taxes, South Korea started one of the world’s largest emissions trading systems, and California and Quebec linked their cap-and-trade...
Date: May 26, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The photos we see of crops withering in fields from lack of rain or of homes splintered by a storm provide only a glimpse of the damage climate change can do to the world’s poor. Peel back more layers,...
Date: February 6, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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