This project is the first Bio-Carbon Fund supported investment in India. The project, which is a stand-alone operation, seeks to maximize returns to agro-forestry investments for the benefit of small farmers by simultaneously facilitating linkages with: (i) end-users of wood products; and (ii) purchasers of eligible carbond credits. For this...
The objectives of the Carbon Offset Project are to increase access to modern energy from renewable energy sources and to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide. The Carbon Offset project will provide additional support for the achievement of the following objectives, namely: (a) develop hydropower potential in an environmentally and...
The objective of the project is to support Bangladesh's efforts to raise levels of social development and economic growth by increasing access to electricity in remote rural areas and to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions by overcoming market barriers for renewable energy development.
The objective of this project for the large scale deployment of Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) is to support Bangladesh’s efforts to raise levels of social development and economic growth by increasing access to electricity, particularly in rural areas where both access and availability is low. This will be achieved by...
The overarching objectives of this project are: (a) to support the rehabilitation of the areas affected by adverse natural disasters; (b) to strengthen the country's capacity to manage natural disaster risks and better respond to emergencies resulting from adverse natural events; and (c) to reduce the vulnerability of communities through...
The Adaptation Coalition Toolkit was developed to promote the World Bank's strategic priority to empower people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, and accountable societies in the face of climate change. The purpose of this toolkit is to guide facilitating groups or teams of development practitioners in pursuing participatory collaboration with...
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in Brazil masks the fact that emissions from other sectors, like Energy, Transport and Waste, are growing quite rapidly in cities. Compared to other cities around...
The objective of the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Additional Financing (AF) Project for Paraguay is to improve in a sustainable way the socio-economic condition of small-scale farmers and indigenous communities in the project area, through the support of actions to strengthen their community organization, self-governance, and access to markets...
The objectives of the GEF Biodiversity Conservation in Productive Forestry Landscapes Project for Argentina are to improve the sustainable and efficient management of forest resources, conserve biodiversity in protected areas and forest landscapes, and integrate small producers into forestry development and conservation. The project was approved by the Board on...