Research Catalog

Title

Climate change and the World Bank Group : phase II, the challenge of low-carbon development.

Author

Chomitz, Kenneth M.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group
• World Bank

Description

xxxiv, 128 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.

Summary

The first volume of Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) series (IEG 2009) examined World Bank experience with the promotion of the most important win-win (no regrets) energy policies, policies that combine domestic gains with global greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. These included energy pricing reform and policies to promote energy efficiency. This second phase covers the entire World Bank Group (WBG), including the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). It assesses of interventions, from technical assistance to financing to regulatory reform. This project-eye view of activities pertains to all the action areas of the Strategic Framework on Development and Climate Change (SFDCC). The third phase will look at the challenge of adaptation to climate change. The WBG's resources, human and financial, are small compared to the task at hand. The International Energy Agency estimates that developing and transition countries need $16 trillion of energy sector investments over 2008-30 under 'business as usual' operations, plus an additional $5 trillion to shift to an ambitiously low-carbon path. Much more is needed for sustainable land and forest management and for urban transport. So a prime focus of this evaluation is how the WBG can get the most leverage, the widest positive impact on both development and climate change mitigation, from its limited resources.

Uniform Title

IEG study series.

Subject

• World Bank
• Carbon dioxide mitigation
• Greenhouse gas mitigation
• Energy policy > Environmental aspects
• Climatic changes > Economic aspects
• Climatic changes > Government policy
• Economic development > Environmental aspects
• Environmental policy

Note

• At head of title: IEG World Bank.
• "The report was prepared by a team led by Kenneth Chomitz, the principal author"--P. vii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-127).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- Climate Context -- Global Mitigation Context and the WBG -- Evaluation Questions -- Evaluation Framework -- Evaluation Scope -- 2. Renewable Energy -- Low-Carbon Energy Projects and Their Performance -- Overcoming Barriers to On-Grid Renewable Energy -- On-Grid Renewable Energy: Hydropower -- Energy Access and Low-Carbon Development -- Off-Grid Renewable Energy: Solar Photovoltaics -- Way Forward for Renewable Energy -- 3. Energy Efficiency -- Energy Efficiency in the First Phase Evaluation -- Using Financial Intermediaries to Overcome Barriers to Energy Efficiency Investments -- Direct Investments in Energy Efficiency -- Transmission and Distribution -- Efficient Light Bulbs -- Way Forward for Energy Efficiency -- 4. Beyond Energy: Low-Carbon Paths in Cities and Forests -- Urban Transit -- Forests -- 5. Special Topics -- Efficiency in Coal-Fired Generation -- Technology Promotion and Transfer -- Carbon Finance at the WBG -- 6. Conclusions and Recommendations -- Congruence of Mitigation and Development -- Systems View Is Essential -- Recommendations -- Appendixes -- A. Renewable Energy Tables and Figures -- B. World Bank Experience with Renewable Energy Surveys -- C. Energy Efficiency: Supplementary Information -- D. Lessons from Completed Transmission and Distribution Projects -- E. Coal -- F. Transport Tables and Figures -- G. Energy Project Portfolio Databases -- H. Pilot and Demonstration Projects -- I. Carbon and Economic Returns of Projects -- J. Recent WBG Developments in Emission Mitigation Activities -- K. Evaluation Summary from Climate Change and the World Bank Group -- Phase I.

ISBN

• 9780821386538
• 0821386530

LCCN

^^2011281632

OCLC

697266892

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library