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 proposed development objective is to reduce water pollutant releases from crop and livestock production in selected areas of Guangdong Province. This project is part of Guangdong’s efforts to achieve its agricultural pollution reduction targets required by the national and provincial 12th FYPs on Environmental Protection. By improving environmental performance...
The development objective of this project is to demonstrate the technical viability of Concentrated Solar Power development in cold, dry, and high latitude conditions.
China’s economy has experienced remarkable growth over the past several decades, but this growth has been accompanied by an increase in social and environmental challenges. Intensive agricultural farming and the expansion of livestock production in the rural areas are considered viable means for creating rural income and employment and secure...