Learn how the World Bank Group is helping Vietnam to understand and access results-based carbon and climate finance.
Energy subsidies are proliferating as governments try to shield consumers from rising and volatile energy prices — but these come with significant risks.
A renewable energy project in Vietnam is proving that World Bank support, when coupled with results-based climate finance, can help strengthen the confidence of private investors, mobilize…
Rising demand for sustainable investments sparks innovation in credit markets.
In a world of climate change and headline-grabbing cyclones, El Niño is one of the most unspoken climate risks in East Asia and the Pacific.
As the Global Environment Facility’s 6th Assembly welcomes over 1,000 delegates and heads of state in Vietnam this week, it seems like a good time to take a step back and consider how we are doing…
The Asia-Pacific region, comprised of 58 economies, is geographically expansive and a picture of diversity. The trends for sustainable energy in Asia-Pacific, which mirror the region’s economic…
Also available in: Vietnamese People have been harnessing water to produce energy and perform work for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks used watermills to grind wheat into flour. Ancient…
Also available in: Arabic | French | Spanish Rows of solar panel at a thermo-solar power plant in Morocco. (Photo: Dana Smillie / World Bank)Over the past several years much has been written about…
Also available in: Español In the run-up to the COP21 climate conference, one question becomes central: where will we find the solutions on the ground—and the people to implement them—to realize…