🎧 Boosting Energy Efficiency to Power a Green Future
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Boosting energy efficiency is critical for addressing climate change. The energy sector is estimated to account for more than two-thirds of total greenhouse gas emissions globally and improving energy efficiency could contribute up to 40% towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Are the World Bank and its partners fully realizing the immense potential of energy efficiency advancements Show More
Boosting energy efficiency is critical for addressing climate change. The energy sector is estimated to account for more than two-thirds of total greenhouse gas emissions globally and improving energy efficiency could contribute up to 40% towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Are the World Bank and its partners fully realizing the immense potential of energy efficiency advancements? What factors are slowing down the scaling up of impactful energy efficiency interventions?
In this episode, Marialisa Motta and Ramachandra Jammi join host Jeff Chelsky to unpack lessons from IEG’s evaluation on World Bank Group Support to Demand-Side Energy Efficiency. Marialisa is manager of IEG’s Finance Private Sector Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Evaluation Unit and Rama is Senior Evaluation Officer in IEG and is the lead of IEG’s energy efficiency evaluation.
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Untapped potential for decarbonization: Scaling up energy efficiency
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Using less energy to do the same work is the single action with the biggest potential gain on decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere. A new report assesses World Bank Group support for energy efficiency and the potential for scale up to meet key climate goals. Using less energy to do the same work is the single action with the biggest potential gain on decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere. A new report assesses World Bank Group support for energy efficiency and the potential for scale up to meet key climate goals.
Making Waves : An Evaluation of the World Bank’s Support for the Blue Economy (2012–23) (Approach Paper)
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Marine and coastal resources are critical for human survival. Oceans provide at least half of the oxygen on Earth. They also regulate the climate by transferring about 10 gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere deep into the oceans each year (Lindsey and Scott 2010). To put that into perspective, an estimated 36.3 gigatons of carbon dioxide were emitted globally in 2021 (IEA 2022). Fish and other Show MoreMarine and coastal resources are critical for human survival. Oceans provide at least half of the oxygen on Earth. They also regulate the climate by transferring about 10 gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere deep into the oceans each year (Lindsey and Scott 2010). To put that into perspective, an estimated 36.3 gigatons of carbon dioxide were emitted globally in 2021 (IEA 2022). Fish and other aquatic foods account for 17 percent of the average per capita intake of animal protein globally. In many coastal least developed countries and small island developing states (including Bangladesh, Kiribati, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone), aquatic foods contribute no less than 50 percent of total animal protein intake (FAO 2022).
🎧 Lessons from developing resilient agrifood systems
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345 million people in 82 countries were experiencing acute food insecurity by June 2022. Climate change, the Coronavirus pandemic and rising food prices due to the conflict in Ukraine threatened to drive this number even higher. One important path to promoting long term food security is building well-functioning agrifood systems. These systems are especially important now in the face of global Show More
345 million people in 82 countries were experiencing acute food insecurity by June 2022. Climate change, the Coronavirus pandemic and rising food prices due to the conflict in Ukraine threatened to drive this number even higher. One important path to promoting long term food security is building well-functioning agrifood systems. These systems are especially important now in the face of global shocks.
In this episode, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, president of AGRA, joins host Brenda Barbour to explore the importance of developing well-functioning and resilient agrifood systems, and how the World Bank Group and other actors can support countries in developing agrifood systems that are productive, resilient, and sustainable.
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IEG Evaluation:Toward Productive, Inclusive, and Sustainable Farms and Agribusiness Firms: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support for the Development of Agrifood Economies (2010–20)
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🎧 Lessons from Shifting Paradigms in Disaster Risk Reduction
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Disasters caused by natural hazards increasingly threaten the lives and livelihoods of the world’s poor. Climate change is exacerbating the severity and impact of disasters by contributing to more destructive droughts, floods, and storms.
In this episode, we will explore how a more severe risk environment has been reshaping the way the World Bank and its partners approach disaster risk Show More
Disasters caused by natural hazards increasingly threaten the lives and livelihoods of the world’s poor. Climate change is exacerbating the severity and impact of disasters by contributing to more destructive droughts, floods, and storms.
In this episode, we will explore how a more severe risk environment has been reshaping the way the World Bank and its partners approach disaster risk reduction. We will discuss the cost-effectiveness of disaster risk reduction investments, when and how can disaster risk reduction efforts be implemented, and why they are such a key component of adapting to climate change.
Our host, Carmen Nonay, will take listeners through a fascinating discussion held during the recent IMF-World Bank Annual meetings with experts working at the forefront of disaster risk reduction efforts. Carmen will highlight and comment on interventions by Mozambique’s Minister of Finance, Ernesto Tonela, Japan’s Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs at Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Kentaro Ogata, Norway’s Minister of International Development, Anne Tvinnereim; and the president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, Andrew Steer.
We will also hear from IEG’s Director General, Alison Evans, and Bernice Van Bronkhorst, the World Bank’s Global Director of the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience, and Land Global Practice.
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Event: Scaling Up Action On Disaster Risk Reduction: A Critical Step For Climate Change Adaptation And Building Resilience
Towards greener travel for the holidays and beyond
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The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) recently published an Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) exploring the key challenges and opportunities in the World Bank’s support for decarbonizing transport. The EIN is a new product launched to meet the demand for more rapid and focused evaluative evidence to inform the thinking around key development challenges and to address knowledge gaps.The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) recently published an Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) exploring the key challenges and opportunities in the World Bank’s support for decarbonizing transport. The EIN is a new product launched to meet the demand for more rapid and focused evaluative evidence to inform the thinking around key development challenges and to address knowledge gaps.
Evaluation Insight Note: Transport Decarbonization
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Evaluation Insight Notes (EIN) offer new insights from existing evidence on important strategic and operational issues. This first EIN identifies patterns in the World Bank’s transport decarbonization work and finds opportunities for bolder actions.Evaluation Insight Notes (EIN) offer new insights from existing evidence on important strategic and operational issues. This first EIN identifies patterns in the World Bank’s transport decarbonization work and finds opportunities for bolder actions.
Scaling Up Action On Disaster Risk Reduction: A Critical Step For Climate Change Adaptation And Building Resilience
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Discussion on what it will take to scale up disaster risk reduction to build resilience and meet the challenges aheadDiscussion on what it will take to scale up disaster risk reduction to build resilience and meet the challenges ahead
Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Creating an Enabling Environment for Private Sector Participation in Climate Action, Fiscal Years 2013–22 (Approach Paper)
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The objective of the evaluation is to derive lessons from Bank Group experience in improving the enabling environment for private sector participation in climate action. The evaluation will assess the relevance and effectiveness of Bank Group support to enabling private sector participation in climate action, including the drivers that led to positive results. It aims to identify lessons Show MoreThe objective of the evaluation is to derive lessons from Bank Group experience in improving the enabling environment for private sector participation in climate action. The evaluation will assess the relevance and effectiveness of Bank Group support to enabling private sector participation in climate action, including the drivers that led to positive results. It aims to identify lessons applicable to the World Bank, IFC, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) by obtaining evidence-based findings on what works, why, and for whom. Such lessons can inform the implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) 2021 and subsequent Bank Group activities. The focus on the enabling environment has been chosen because researchers, policy makers, and climate action practitioners realized that creating an enabling environment is a key priority for the private sector to engage in climate action. The need to enhance the enabling environment for private sector participation in climate action is critical to meet the trillions in investments needed to address climate change and achieve Paris Agreement goals.
Reducing Disaster Risks from Natural Hazards
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This evaluation focuses on the World Bank’s support for reducing disaster risks caused by natural hazards. Expanding disaster risk reduction plays a central role in achieving the World Bank’s goals for climate change adaptation and resilience.
This evaluation focuses on the World Bank’s support for reducing disaster risks caused by natural hazards. Expanding disaster risk reduction plays a central role in achieving the World Bank’s goals for climate change adaptation and resilience.