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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.

This document presents the BioCarbon Fund (BioCF), a public-private initiative, housed within the World Bank’s Carbon Finance Unit, mobilizing resources for pioneering projects that sequester or conserve carbon in forest and agro-ecosystems, mitigating climate change and improving rural livelihoods.

This technical document presents the findings of research undertaken in six villages in two drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, Mahbubnagar and Anantapur. The study uses gender, institutional, and climate analyses to document the trends in climate variability men and women farmers are facing and their responses to ensure food security in the context of larger socio-economic and political challenges to their livelihoods and well-being.

This activity report provides information on the outcomes, experiences and lessons learned from the organization of the training programme on preparing technology transfer projects for financing organized in 2009 and 2010. It elaborates on issues for further consideration, including possible follow-up actions to increase the number of beneficiaries of the training programme and to address specific training needs at the subregional and national level.

This analytical report addresses climate change threats to marine and coastal ecosystems around the world and the need to manage ecosystems so that they continue to serve to people that depend on the services provided by them. It describes the “Ecosystem-based Adaptation” (EbA) approach, that values and uses ecological services and biodiversity, gives some policy recommendations for governments to consider ecosystem-based adaptation options as an integral component of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies, and describes the benefits of ecosystem-based adaptation through case studies in Mexico, Jamaica, South Africa, Vietnam.

This technical document aims to provide an overview of the actual and potential impact of climate change on forests and forest dependent people in the Near East region, of climate change mitigation opportunities in the forestry sector, and of needs for effective national and regional responses. This publication is intended to provide a point of departure for identifying and catalyzing regional action to complement and enhance national efforts.

This document provides a platform for governments, international opinion leaders, industry experts, distinguished academics and environmentalists to debate the business case for sustainable development and carbon neutrality. It assists businesses and organisations – both large and small – to reduce their carbon footprint, highlighting that environmentally responsible operations can also be profitable. It offers insight into the pressing issues surrounding climate change and sustainability whilst presenting practical, potentially money saving, actions that businesses and governments can take to reduce their carbon footprint as well as highlighting the companies leading the way in the fight against climate change.

This policy document is aimed at the general public, politicians, businesses and organizations that influence the development of policies and strategies in economics, climate change mitigation and adaptation, poverty alleviation, natural resource use and biodiversity conservation. It is intended to stimulate discussion and debate as to how societies can avoid degrading the natural environment and the wealth of valuable benefits it provides, and instead promote and utilise healthy ecosystems to support a sustainable and more climate-resilient future for people around the world.