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For media inquiries please contact the Carbon Finance Unit's Senior Communication Officer,  Ms. Isabel Hagbrink,  at: Email: ihagbrink@worldbank.org

Nov. 2, 2009Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Holds Fourth Participants Committee Meeting 
Oct. 5, 2009UN Approves First Reforestation Project in Africa Under Kyoto Protocol
Oct. 5, 2009Morocco, World Bank sign agreement on solid waste management 
Aug..4, 2009World Bank Signs First ERPA for Reforestation Project in DRC 
August.4, 2009In Democratic Republic of Congo, Planting Trees for a Better Environment and Healthier Citizens 
Jul. 14, 2009Speakout: Live on-line Q&A session with Joëlle Chassard, Manager of the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit - 10 AM EDT 
Jun 1, 2009Presentations from Side Events at the Carbon Expo 2009 
May 27, 2009 State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2009 released in Barcelona, Spain - May 27, 2009 
May 27-29, 2009 Carbon Expo 2009 
May 15, 2009 Developing Countries Show Increasing Benefits from a Decade of World Bank Carbon Finance 
May 4, 2009Inputs to the Call for Public Inputs on Efficiency in the Operation of the CDM and Opportunities for Improvement
Mar. 6, 2009U.N. Approved Forestry Project Shows Role Reforestation Can Play on Climate Change 
Feb. - Apr. 2009Environment Days 2009 
Jan., 2009Tuning in to the programme: Environmental Finance Article on Programmes of Activities
Dec. 16, 2008CARBON EXPO 2009: More than a New Location – New Momentum for the Global Carbon Market 
Dec. 1-12, 2008United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 14, CMP 4 and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies - Poznan, Poland 
Oct. 24, 2008High Demand Prompts Forest Carbon Partnership Facility to Expand Beyond Original 20 Developing Countries 
Sep. 3, 2008  Africa Could Substantially Increase its Share of the Global Carbon Market - September 3, 2008
Aug. 18, 2008  Africa Carbon Forum, Dakar, Senegal: September 3-5, 2008 
Jul. 23, 2008 First Countries Named to Benefit from Forest Carbon Partnership Facility 
Jul. 2, 2008  World Bank Board Approves Climate Investment Funds 
May 7, 2008  State & Trends of the Carbon Market Report, 2008 released in Cologne Germany 
Apr. 9, 2008 Carbon Expo 2008: May 7-9, Cologne, Germany  
Feb. 14, 2008 Make Money While Saving the World  
Dec. 11, 2007  Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Launched at Bali Climate Meeting  
Oct. 11, 2007   Two New World Bank Carbon Facilities Will Help Fight Climate Change And Deforestation:  

Recent & Upcoming Carbon Finance BBLs:

Nov. 5, 2009The Current Status of the India Carbon Market 
Oct. 27, 2009 Making Carbon Finance Work for the Poor - Integrating Social Co-Benefits for the poorest Communities into Carbon Finance Operations: Lessons from the CDCF 
Oct. 26, 2009 

Tools to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions in the Waste Sector - Learn how to calculate the Carbon Credits that your mitigation project might generate 

Carbon Finance in the News

Trading Carbon Magazine, November 2009Susanna Twidale, Deputy Editor, Trading Carbon Magazine talks to Joëlle Chassard, manager of the World Bank’s carbon finance unit, about the Bank's current work and future plans (this article first appeared in the November 2009 issue of Trading Carbon magazine www.pointcarbon.com) 
Oct. 2009COP15 going "carbon neutral" with a CDCF project  
Sep. 25, 2009Les forêts, élément clé des négociations sur le climat (Le Monde)
Sep. 24, 2009Last gasp for the forest:  September 24, 2009 (Economist)
Sep. 23, 2009Climate change proposal would revolutionize value of forests:  September 23, 2009 (CNN)

Featured Resources:

The World Bank’s 10 years of experience in carbon finance: Insights from working with carbon markets for development & global greenhouse gas mitigation
Making Carbon Finance Work for the Poor - Integrating Social Co-Benefits for the poorest Communities into Carbon Finance Operations: Lessons from the CDCF
Workshop: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) Capacity Building and Technology Development: Needs and Opportunities in Developing Countries - September 14, 2009
Speakout: Live on-line Q&A session with Joëlle Chassard, Manager of the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit - July 14, 2009 - 10 AM EDT 
Carbon Markets for Development: Presentation by President Zoellick at Bali Breakfast, October 2008 
Video: Bolivia Urban Wastewater Methane Gas Capture Project 
Carbon Emissions Podcast: Interview with Global Experts on Climate Change
Getting Credit for Saving Trees: July 12, 2007
World Bank Targets Forest Preservation-Climate Link: June 11, 2007
 

 




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