This report, Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action, a World Bank report developed in collaboration with UNIDO, informs the dialogue on the evolving role of macro-fiscal management in the context of a changing climate and warming world. The report also aims to better equip finance ministries in developing countries with the tools to understand, appraise, and implement Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) policies and climate change adaptation and risk-management strategies.
This report, Social Impact Investment 2019: The impact imperative for sustainable development , depicts the state-of-play of social impact investment approaches globally and compares regional trends and assesses prospects for future growth with a special focus on data issues and recent policy developments. It provides new guidance for policy-markers and development finance providers to maximise the contribution of impact investing to the 2030 Agenda, the Pris Agreement and the Ababa Action Agenda.
This paper Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects aims to raise awareness of the benefits of Green Infrastructure (GI) solutions for water resources management, and can provide both significant water management benefits and co-benefits with existing grey water infrastructure.
This paper Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Infrastructure details the results of an initial stocktaking on existing sustainable infrastructure initiatives, and argues for more integrated approaches to sustainable infrastructure in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This report, Accelerating The Transition To The Circular Economy: Improving access to finance for circular economy projects , aims to help speed up the transition from a linear to a circular economy by improving the conditions for financing circular economy projects.