Institut Veolia Environnement (IVE), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relationships (IDDRI)

Global: Interface for Cycling Expertise. May 2005. No. 2

Global: WASHINGTON, March 1, 2005. Less than 18 months since its inception,the World Bank Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) today announced that 25 public/private participants closed the first round of financial commitments at $128 million—far beyond the original $100 million projected target. The beneficiaries will be the poorest countries on the planet, which until now have been by-passed by the emerging carbon emissions trading market.

Global: WASHINGTON, February 15, 2005 As the Kyoto Protocol enters into force, with the goal of limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in rich countries, the World Bank today urged industrialized nations to address the uncertainties of the post-Kyoto period, after 2012.

GlobalAsia in General: UNCCC welcomes "new era in international efforts to reduce the risk of climate change"

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Asia in General: 2004 National Strategy Study Spells Out the Opportunities and Challenges of the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol

Global: The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank signed Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which the two organizations agreed to cooperate in the development of a Pan-European Carbon Fund (PECF).

Asia in General:

Asia in General: