CEO: Why Europe’s largest energy companies support carbon pricing
_ Gérard Mestrallet is chairman and CEO of ENGIE, formerly GDF Suez. He spoke at the World Bank Group about his company's support for carbon pricing and the involvement of Europe's energy companies in...
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Sweden: Decoupling GDP growth from CO2 emissions is possible
By Magdalena Andersson, Minister for Finance, Sweden and Isabella Lövin, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden Sweden is proud to join forces with Sustainable Energy for All...
View ArticlePricing carbon: No longer a question of if, but how for growing number of...
_ Carbon pricing was the center of discussion as Carbon Expo got underway in Barcelona on May 26. World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte was asked by RTCC...
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Step-by-step: How to construct an emissions reporting system
In preparing for a climate agreement in Paris, countries all over the world are planning their domestic strategies for cutting emissions. This often requires new policies to create incentives for...
View ArticleHow one climate-conscious investor engages with fossil fuel companies
_ Peter Damgaard Jensen is the CEO of Pensionskassernes Administration A/S, a Danish investment manager with a portfolio that includes pension funds. He spoke at the World Bank Group about carbon...
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Carbon pricing is achieving critical mass as governments learn from one another
Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, speaks on a panel at the Business & Climate Summit with the president of Japan's New Energy & Industrial Technology Development...
View ArticleStatoil CEO: We know carbon pricing actually works
_ Eldar Sætre is president and CEO of Statoil. He was one of six oil and gas company CEOs who issued a joint call to governments around the world on June 1 to put a price on carbon. "Statoil has...
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G7 recognizes need for deep emissions cuts. Now for action
Also available in: Español | Français This weekend, the leaders of the G7 committed to a series of actions that mark their first serious recognition of the economic transformation that is ahead of us....
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Good for climate, good for business
At the UN Climate Summit in September 2014, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the private sector to drive more action and mobilize political will for a meaningful agreement in 2015. Last...
View ArticleFrom the Aspen Ideas Festival: Rachel Kyte on Climate Resilience & Opportunity
_ At the Aspen Ideas Festival, World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte talks about climate resilience and how it can create opportunities for all people while...
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Going, going, gone – timeline of an innovative auction that aims to reduce...
Private investors bought price guarantees for 8.7 million tons of methane emission reduction in an innovative auction, attracting bidders from across the globe. The Pilot Auction Facility for...
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Emissions trading in China: Early lessons from low-carbon pilots
A local emissions exchange in China. Photo: Lasse Ringius/IFC China, the biggest source of CO2 emissions globally, accounts for more than 27 percent of the world's emissions. China is the first...
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Climate action does not require economic sacrifice
Also available in: Español | Français | العربية Harvesting rice-fields in a White Thai village in Mai Chau, Hoa Binh province, northern Vietnam. More than two decades ago, the world agreed on the need...
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Energizing our green future
The CIF is a leader in driving global investments in CSPAs world leaders come together at the UN General Assembly to adopt new sustainable development goals, climate change activists gear up for...
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Putting a price on carbon, one jurisdiction at a time
CPLC Design Meeting at World Bank Group Headquarters Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins This week, the World Bank Group released the latest version of our annual State and Trends of Carbon Pricing report. It...
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Making forest commitments a reality
Farmers in Zambia's Luangwa Valley discuss sustainable agricultureNew York this week plays host to Climate Week 2015, where business and government leaders are convening to make pledges and commit to...
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Faster track to better carbon prices
Carbon pricing instruments implemented or scheduled for implementation, with sectoral coverage and GHG emissions covered.Many of my compatriots in Poland, where over 90 percent of power generation...
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Marching forward: China is creating the world’s largest market-based carbon...
China – the world largest emitter of greenhouse gases – is implementing a national carbon market in 2017 During his visit to Washington last week, China’s President Xi Jinping confirmed that the...
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Caring for our common home, Pope Francis and the SDGs
Pope Francis became the first Pope to address the UN General Assembly and US Congress It has been a fascinating time to be in the United States and watch as the media and American public were...
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Climate change and e-Learning: a virtual success story
Computer class at ENA school for distance learning in Cocody, Abidjan. Photo: Ami Vitale / World Bank The past month was full of climate-related stories in the media, including speeches by the Pope in...
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