This study calls for a holistic approach that combines green finance and financial inclusion policies in an integrated inclusive green finance (IGF) approach. It provides a conceptual framework of how financial inclusion can enable and support climate change adaptation and mitigation in principle. It also approaches inclusive green finance from a policymaker's perspective.
This report describes a variety of ways to level the pathway for women entering into and progressing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) employment within the infrastructure sectors—energy and extractives; water; transport; and digital development.
Volume 1 distills the findings from an extensive literature review, a global stocktaking exercise, key informant interviews, and five case studies in order to provide World Bank Group project teams with insights that they can use to support women’s STEM careers in infrastructure at each stage of their careers—from initial attraction to the sectors and job recruitment, to retention within organizations, and advancement to managerial and leadership roles.
This report is intended to answer the following critical questions for the future planning of the Pakistan electricity sector: What is the optimal energy mix over the next 10 to 20 years when considering economic, technical, and environmental factors? What are the implications for the basket cost of power, energy security, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Can the Pakistan electricity system handle much higher penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE) such as solar and wind?...
This report synthesises multiyear, multidisciplinary climate change studies on the Sundarbans—the world’s largest remaining contiguous mangrove forest and wetland of international importance, as well as home to some of South Asia’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. The studies’ findings indicate that, in a changing climate, sea-level rise, storm-surge intensification, and water salinization will alter the Sundarbans ecosystem significantly.
Agriculture and food systems in the LAC region are among the most successful on the planet, but the impressive achievements have come at the expense of significant environmental and health costs. The region’s successes in feeding the population and exporting food to the rest of the world are exacting high costs on people and on the environment.