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The World Bank Group (WB)

The World Bank Group (WB)

Contact person

Hasan Tuluy, Vice President Latin America and Caribbean

Address

1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA

Telephone

(1 202) 473-1000

E-mail

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URL

http://worldbank.org/

Type of Institution:

International organization

Work field:

Adaptation

  • Water ressources
  • Agriculture
  • Infrastructure
  • Marine coastal management
  • Awareness raising & training
  • Vulnerability and impact analysis
  • Legistative and institutional framework (political incidence)
  • Ecosystems based adaptation
  • Microfinancing for adaptation
  • Health

Mitigation

  • Solar thermal energy
  • Solar photovoltaic energy
  • Hydroelectric energy
  • Geotermic energy
  • Wind energy
  • Biomass
  • Energy efficiency (residences and offices)
  • Energy efficiency (industry)
  • Greenhouse gas reduction from agriculture/livestock
  • Transport
  • Waste management
  • Legistative and institutional framework

Scope:

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Services:

The World Bank Group is attending the differing needs of developing country partners. It is strengthening and building climate change partnerships with their member governments and a wide array of organizations. WB aims to support development successes while offsetting costs that stem from climate change through climate-dedicated finance. Its strategy also highlights the need for action and interaction among all countries for the greater global good. In developing countries, World Bank is working to: support climate actions in country-led development processes; mobilize additional concessional and innovative finance, such as the Climate Investment Funds, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, climate risk management products, and “Green Bonds”; facilitate the development of market-based financing mechanisms; leverage private sector resources; support accelerated development and deployment of new technologies; and, step up policy research, knowledge, and capacity building.