Reform-linked funding is a critical mechanism for implementing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, aligning green growth priorities between national and local government.
The Watershed Management and Poverty Alleviation project in Karnataka, India (known as the Sujala Project), was characterised by an intensely inclusive and flexible monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process, which led to the project’s overall greater effectiveness, efficiency, and robustness. In a review of the program, the World Bank found that...
Energy security is central to the green growth policy of the Government of India. In 2005, the government commissioned The Energy and Resources Institute to undertake a study of technological options for achieving the desired growth rate under various scenarios. Using the MARKAL (Market Allocation) model, the study was carried...
Through donor commitments, the pneumococcal Advanced Market Commitment incentivizes vaccine makers to produce suitable and affordable vaccines for developing countries. This model has been proposed as an innovative finance mechanism for clean energy and pollution reduction.
The Government of Germany, together with the national development bank, promotes energy-efficient construction and refurbishment of Germany’s building stock through regulation, low-cost loans and public information campaigns.
Germany’s feed-in tariff program has been at the heart of its renewable energy policy. Ongoing monitoring and public data and analysis have been crucial for setting the rates for the scheme, and for supporting public debate on the costs and benefits.
France’s regional climate, air, and energy plans seek to guide climate and energy policy in the 26 French regions through 2020 and 2050.
The objective of the “Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050” of the European Union was to demonstrate that reducing EU greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95 percent by 2050 is feasible, and can be achieved without significant negative economic impacts. A range of possible decarbonization pathways for...
In Denmark decades of monitoring of water quality has played a key role in driving policy improvement and the technologies needed to ensure clean water, translating into opportunities for green growth.