This report is part of a series of World Bank papers that outlines the development challenges and opportunities associated with blue and green biodiversity and ecosystem services.
This report explores the impacts of COVID-19 on inclusive growth and considers the policies that are needed to strengthen resilience and to ensure that inclusivity is woven into the fabric of societies.
Meeting developing Asia and the Pacific’s demand for quality infrastructure and renewed urban environments that can support inclusive post-pandemic growth will require the steady, but equitable acquisition of land. This policy brief offers 15 steps that are necessary to harmonize social protection and infrastructure growth and urban renewal.
In this report, the Energy Transitions Commission makes plain that, while bioresources are in principle renewable, not all forms of biomass use are beneficial from an environmental perspective: not all biomass is ‘good’ biomass.
This book reviews existing financing options and approaches for clean energy, and includes country examples of how these have been applied. Innovative solutions for mobilizing private finance and managing risks associated with clean energy investments are also discussed.