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Supporting Climate-Smart Infrastructure Projects – Case Studies
This publication presents six case studies—three international and three from Turkey—showcasing climate-smart infrastructure projects that promote green and resilient urban development. These case studies were selected from an extensive list to support the World Bank’s lending initiatives in Turkish cities, aiming to illustrate effective approaches to sustainable urban infrastructure. The publication outlines the key lessons from these examples, categorizing success factors into ‘Policy and Finance,’ ‘Planning and Design,’ and ‘Processes and Partnerships.’ Each section addresses critical aspects of successful project
Combating Heat in Cities: Operationalizing the Urban Heat Agenda at the World Bank
This report stems from growing concern about the threat of extreme heat in urban settings and its adverse impacts on health. The team made use of the TIP—that is, the targeted, integrated, and prepared—framework, introduced in the recent "Healthy Cities" report (Lee et al. 2023), to help World Bank task teams explore pathways toward urban heat investments. This study gathered city responses and investigated existing World Bank initiatives to gain an understanding of what had already been done and the
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Note on Nature Finance Tracking Methodology
International Development Association (IDA) participants requested that the World Bank develop a methodology to identify, monitor, and track nature-positive World
Toward Developing a Mobility and Gender Index
Although the benefits of a gender-inclusive approach to mobility for transport decarbonization, access to jobs, and human capital advancement have
Trading Towards Sustainability: The Role of Trade Policies in Indonesia’s Green Transformation
Climate change - and efforts to mitigate and adapt to it - will affect global flows of trade and Indonesia’s
Nature as infrastructure has the potential to be a transformative concept for development. It goes beyond nature-based solutions or mitigating
Scaling funding to effective nature-based solutions (NbS) for adaptation is key to tackle climate change and support sustainable development. NbS
Healthy Cities: Revisiting the Role of Cities in Promoting Health
The Healthy Cities Report aims to provide policymakers and development practitioners with an action-oriented framework for achieving healthy cities. Informed
A Playbook for Nature-positive Infrastructure Development
Infrastructure is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. For example, 95% of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is
Unlocking Blue Carbon Development: Investment Readiness Framework for Governments
The purpose of this paper is to provide a practical framework to guide governments in catalyzing and scaling up public
Nature-based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience in Informal Areas
This strategy paper draws from existing research and practical project experience applying nature-based solutions (NBS) for adaptation and building climate
Behavior Change in Solid Waste Management - A Compendium of Cases
Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is
