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This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to build resilience in the agricultural and water sectors to the adverse impacts of climate change in Sudan. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to integrate climate change adaptation into agricultural production and food security in Sierra Leone. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to reduce the vulnerability of coastal productive systems in Djibouti. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to promote sustainable development in Haiti. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to increase resilience to climate change and natural hazards  in Vanuatu. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to promote adaptation to the effects of climate change and drought in Zambia. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to promote climate change adaptation, with particular attention to the coastal zone, in São Tomé and Príncipe. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to promote climate change adaptation and integrated coastal zone management in Yemen. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change in agrarian water sectors in Guinea-Bissau. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This brochure briefly presents the UNESCO Climate Change Initiative. It includes four core thematic areas: science, education, ecology, and ethics.

This leaflet introduces the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). The Programme provides guidance on how best to design and implement REDD+ and to ensure that forests continue to provide multiple benefits for livelihoods and biodiversity to societies while storing carbon at the same time.

This newsletter features two short articles. The first one discusses possibilities and opportunities to improve the national greenhouse gas inventory system of Peru. The second one presents an analysis of the economic impact of climate change in Montenegro.

This policy document presents the World Bank’s operational response to climate variability and change on the African continent. This World Bank Group’s strategy aims to articulate a vision, key messages, priorities, and operational implications of the Bank Group’s climate-related work in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is grounded in an assessment of the diverse climatic profile and vulnerabilities of the region, including identified knowledge gaps, expected impacts, work already under way by countries and partners, and key actions to be taken over time.

This fact-sheet presents the main results of a mapping of global climate change financial flows involving a diversity of public and private sources (e.g. government budgets and capital markets), agents (e.g. bilateral finance institutions, multilateral finance institutions, development cooperation agencies, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), private sector), and channels (e.g. official development assistance, non-concessional loans, carbon markets, financing specifically for climate change, foreign direct investment).

This analytical report aims to help users implement a holistic approach to climate change programming at the local, sub-national/regional, and national level. The document identifies barriers to effective project implementation at the local and regional levels, informs the policy process in establishing a partnership framework to achieve a more cohesive and coordinated climate change agenda, and analyses policy and financial solutions for mitigation and adaptation actions.

This technical document aims to determine, when it comes to the issue of a changing climate, precisely what the types of information input are that financial institutions require to put their risk management expertise at the service of broader adaptation and to provide a first assessment of the current provision to the sector with such information. The evidence comes from sixty financial service providers, through a survey conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), and the Sustainable Business Institute (SBI), Germany.

This technical document observes that countries with high female education weather extreme weather events better than countries with equivalent income and weather conditions. The relationship between resilience in the face of extreme weather events and increases in female education expenditure holds when socioeconomic development continues but the climate does not change, and socioeconomic development continues with weather paths driven by “wet” and “dry” Global Climate Models.

This activity report presents a record of the Seminar held from 27 to 29 July 2009 in Paris, focused on the role of education in addressing climate change, linking the local, regional and global contexts with particular emphasis on the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

This analytical report highlights the close inter-linkages between climate change and the world of work. It aims to promote a better understanding between both spheres and greater coherence between climate, social and labour policies.

Marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF), this activity report seeks to take stock of the World Bank’s experience of working with the Kyoto Protocol’s project-based mechanisms over the past decade. The Clean Development Mechanism, as the much larger system in terms of projects, emission reductions and host countries, is the basis for much of the report’s discussion. Joint Implementation is also discussed. The document provides insights and recommendations from a practitioner’s experience and perspective.