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Asian Development Bank Must Improve Climate, Energy Lending Policies

June 12, 2009
Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES

As the Asia Clean Energy Forum kicks off next week, the Asian Development Bank and other multilateral development banks should do more to integrate climate change and clean energy considerations as a core part of their development assistance.

Climate Change Considerations of Energy Pipelines of the World Bank, IFC, ADB and IDB

March 26, 2009

Although there has been some improvement in the past few years, it is difficult to identify a trend towards systematic incorporation of climate change issues into MDBs’ activities.

A Review of 25 Readiness Plan Idea Notes from the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

Working Paper: February, 2009

The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is the development of a Readiness Plan Idea Note (R-PIN). This paper considers the extent to which R-PINs approved by the FCPF trust fund committee addressed questions of good governance of forests. The objective of this exercise is to identify issues that will need to be addressed more completely as countries proceed with readiness programs.

How the World Bank Group Gauges "Broad Community Support"

By Isabel Munilla on November 21, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

On October 9th, the World Resources Institute’s International Financial Flows and Environment (IFFE) team co-sponsored a panel discussion with Oxfam America and Center for International Environmental Law on How the World Bank Group Gauges ‘Broad Community Support’ for Projects.

Unfinished Business on Climate Change Investment Funds

By Athena Ballesteros on October 8, 2008

This week’s first-ever CIF Partnership Forum must ensure that new Clean Technology Funds will help developing countries quickly transition to zero-carbon technologies.

Correcting the World's Greatest Market Failure: Climate Change and the Multilateral Development Banks

June, 2008

Letter to World Bank, Re: Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru

By Jon Sohn, Sarah Paraghamian, Richard Chase Smith on October 12, 2007

The following letter was sent to the Socially Sustainable Development Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank on October 12th, 2007, regarding the proposed Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru.

International Financial Flows and the Environment (IFFE)

The International Financial Flows and Environment Project (IFFE) works to improve the environmental and social decision making and performance of public and private International Financial Institutions (IFIs) by holding them accountable to their investors, to donor countries and to the communities that are impacted by their investments.

Letter to Sustainable Development Network, Re: Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

By Manish Bapna on September 20, 2007

The following letter was sent to Kathy Sierra, Vice President of the Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank on September 20th 2007, regarding the launch of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

Mainstreaming Climate Change Considerations at the Multilateral Development Banks

Smita Nakhooda, Jon Sohn, Kevin Baumert

July, 2005

Investigates the limited extent to which climate change issues have been included in the World Bank Group’s country assistance strategies, energy-sector loans and project lending and recommends reforms to improve Bank practices.

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