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December 2020

Portfolio Climate Risk Management

Ceres
These case studies offer a snapshot of how the profiled funds and institutions currently address climate risk.
November 2020

Metropolitan Shenzhen: Rail plus Property for Transit-Oriented Development

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
November 2020

Metropolitan Mexico City: Megalopolitan Integration to Combat Black Carbon

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
November 2020

Metropolitan Medellin: Somos10—Integrating Ten Municipalities into One Metropolis

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
November 2020

Metropolitan Dar es Salaam: Participatory River Basin Planning

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
November 2020

Metropolitan Bangalore: Crossing Boundaries to Integrate Core and Periphery

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilising horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
March 2020

Mobilizing Private Capital and Know-How to Turn Waste into Energy

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
This case study explores how public-private partnerships can help make clean technologies for turning waste into energy accessible to cities.
January 2020

Bolivia: Building Transformative Institutional Adaptive Capacity

Climate Investment Funds
This report assesses the potential contribution of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience for building a climate resilient water governance framework in the Plurinational State of Bolivia
July 2019

From Banks to Capital Markets: Alternative Investment funds as a potential pathway for refinancing clean energy debt in India

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
This study looks at various avenues for renewable energy to access capital markets.
July 2019

Closing the Industrial Energy Efficiency Financing Gap

Asian Development Bank
The Shandong Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction Project supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) highlighted the impact of supporting the industry sector to invest in technology innovations that lead to reduced energy costs and enhanced market competitiveness.

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October 2020

Building a Climate Resilient Future for Costa Rica’s Coffee Farming Communities

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This practice note examines how climate change is threatening coffee-growing regions in Costa Rica, specifically the Coto Brus region. The case study outlines key findings from this region, including main challenges and existing factors that present opportunities to enhance climate resilience, and recommends actions that key sectoral actors can take to improve the sector’s climate resilience and long-term sustainability.

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December 2020

Portfolio Climate Risk Management

Ceres
These case studies offer a snapshot of how the profiled funds and institutions currently address climate risk.
November 2020

Metropolitan Shenzhen: Rail plus Property for Transit-Oriented Development

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
November 2020

Metropolitan Mexico City: Megalopolitan Integration to Combat Black Carbon

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
November 2020

Metropolitan Medellin: Somos10—Integrating Ten Municipalities into One Metropolis

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
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