The scope of the Energy Sector at the World Bank is outlined in the Bank’s Energy Program web site.  It includes access to clean, modern and affordable energy services for the poor and sustainability in the environmental, financial, and fiscal aspects of clients' energy sectors.  The Bank's Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department covers areas such as mining and environment, small-scale mining, mine closure, and mining and community.
The Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), a partnership between the Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helps build consensus and provides policy advice on sustainable energy development to governments of developing countries and economies in transition.
 The linkage between the Energy Sector and the environment includes impacts of extractive industries, health concerns (i.e., air pollution from energy generation), and natural resources depletion from the use of traditional fuel. SEAs for the energy sector are typically known as Energy and Environment Reviews.   Please note that the World Bank does not endorse external sites.  General Documents and Links    Environmental Assessment Guidelines Rapid Environmental Assessment Checklists (Asian
Development Bank, 2003):  Canada: Applying a Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment Approach to the Management of Offshore Oil and Gas Development (by C. L. Horvath and J. L. Barnes, Jacques Whitford)    World Bank Environmental Assessment Sourcebook Chapter 10. Energy and Industry (1999)   World Bank Environmental Strategy for the Energy Sector, Fuel for Thought (2000)   Where are all the SEAs? Project Finance and Strategic Environmental Assessment of Major Oil and Gas Developments (WWF, 2005)  SEA: Oil and Gas Information (Department of Trade and Industry, UK)  | Sub-Sectors/ Issues | More Information and Links | | Energy/ Power |  Czech Republic: Energy Policy (page 93), in Effective SEA System and Case Studies (Ministry of Environment Government of Japan, 2003)    Egypt: Energy and Environmental Review (by L. Nigel, P. Wooders, and M. Cupit, Environmental Resources Management, 2003). This is a consultant report that was lead by Sherif Arif, Regional Environment Advisor in MNA, and the task team leader for this project, Hocine Chalal, senior environment specialist.   Egypt and Iran: Presentation on the Energy and Environment Reviews (by S. Arif, World Bank, 2006)   Estonia: Sectoral Environmental Assessment for District Heating Rehabilitation Executive Summary (by Swedish Enviornmental Research Institute, Ltd. and others, 1994)   Iran: Energy and Enviornmental Review (Main Paper, Main Paper Title, Annex, and  Annex Title) (ElectroWatt-Ekono, 2004)   Lao PDR: Presentation on Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project SEA (based on work prepared by Norplan for the Government of Lao, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank, 2005)    Nepal: Medium Sized Hydropower Development Strategy SEA and Policy Framework (including TORs) (Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Population and Environment Government of Nepal, 1997)   Netherlands: SEA for a National Plan on the Production of Electricity (page 85), in  Effective SEA System and Case Studies (Ministry of Environment Government of Japan, 2003)   Pakistan: SEA for Thermal Power. It is one of the cases studied in International Review of SEA Experience and Practice, Chapter 6: SEA Experience in Developing Countries (page 252, box 6.26) (International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005)    Peru: Wealth and Sustainability: The Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Mining Sector in Peru (World Bank, 2005). It is also available in Spanish.   Slovakia: An SEA of the National Energy Policies, described in  Sweden: Regional Energy SEA study for Alinsas listed in European Union Case Studies on SEA Summary (European Commission, 2005)  Thailand: EGAT Investment Support Program for the Power Sector SEA. Attachment B to Annex 2: Environmental Protection (page 40), in Project Appraisal Document for an EGAT Investment Program Support Project (World Bank, 1998)   United Kingdom: SEA for the United Kingdom Power Sector (Chatper 6), in Future Offshore (Department of Trade and Industry Government of the UK, 2002)    For hydropower, see also  Water (including Sanitation)  | Mining |  Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Mining Sector Reform: A Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment   (World Bank, 2008)   France: SEA for Extractive Industries in the Yvelines area, listed in European Union Case Studies on SEA Summary (European Commission, 2005)   Netherlands: Second National Plan on Mineral Resources (page 48), in Effective SEA System and Case Studies (Ministry of Environment Government of Japan, 2003)   World Bank Environmental Assessment Sourcebook Update No. 22 on Environmental Assessment of Mining Projects (1998) |
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