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Climate-smart investment potential in Latin America: a trillion dollar opportunity
International Finance Corporation, 2016As a result of the successful United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015, the international community has committed to limit the level of global warming at or below 2° Celsius.DocumentWorld energy trilemma 2012: time to get real - the case for sustainable energy policy
World Energy Council, 2012Based on more than 40 interviews with energy sector CEOs and senior executives, as well as the 2012 Energy Sustainability Index, this 4th edition of the World Energy Trilemma report attempts to identify and describe what industry executives believe they need from policymakers.DocumentUnlocking forest bonds: a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2011This document is an outcome of a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests, specifically focusing on the development and introduction of forest bonds.DocumentPolicy update: nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets
Ecofys, 2012Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the key issues around the compatibility of the two concepts.DocumentFrom corporate philanthropy to strategic partnerships: the potential for inclusive and sustainable business models in MENA
Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2009The economic turmoil brought about by the financial crisis of 2008, compounded by the impacts of a food crisis and pending climate change, has exacerbated many of the existing development challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).DocumentBusiness engagement in humanitarian relief: key trends and policy implications
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007This paper explores the new roles that companies are playing in humanitarian action. It examines the various forms corporate engagement, with a particular focus on partnerships, and explores the underlying motivations behind this involvement.DocumentPrivatising basic utilities in Africa: a rejoinder
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007This paper offers a critical analysis of Bayliss and McKinley’s 2007 IPC Policy Research Brief on “Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Consequences”.The author agrees with their statement that African governments were pushed into accepting private participation in basic infrastructure by international financial institutions and donors.DocumentPublic–private partnerships in state-bildng and recovery from conflict
Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2006This briefing paper focuses on the role of the private sector in partnership with other political, economic and social actors in post-conflict situations.DocumentPrivate participation in infrastructure database
World Bank, 2006The newly upgraded and updated Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database website provides information about 3,000 infrastructure projects that involve private investment, for 150 low- and middle- income countries.