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News and Events

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

For all other inquiries, please contact Shahyar Niakan, Knowledge Management Analyst: helpdesk@carbonfinance.org

Press Releases

01/30/2012New Soil Carbon Methodology Approved: World Bank and partners help smallholder farmers increase productivity and revenue 
12/16/2011New funds to protect the climate through forest conservation 
12/09/2011BM/Uruguay: Inicia hoy programa para limitar el impacto del cambio climático 
12/06/2011Carbon Finance Support to Poorest Countries New World Bank Carbon Initiatives Announced in Durban 
11/08/2011Banco Mundial continuará apoyando la generación de energía limpia en Monterrey
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Web Stories

01/30/2012World Bank Methodology for Soil Carbon Sequestration Approved 
01/10/2012Peruvian Power Plant Turns Garbage into Electricity 
09/13/2011African farmers urged to plant to soak up C02 (Reuters Africa)
08/04/2011Carbon Credits Help Remove Old, Polluting Taxis from the Streets of Cairo 
07/07/2011Carbon Finance in Africa Matters 
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Other News

02/09/2012World Bank seeks EU investors for LDC CDM fund 
Feb. 2012China' interest in the Carbon Market is not receding. They are working very hard to be ready as soon as possibe (Carbon Trading Magazine, February, 2012, p.14-15)
01/16/2012Montevideo Tackles Gas Emissions from Solid Waste (English, Español) 
01/13/2012

Countries target CO2 markets by year-end under World Bank scheme (Reprinted with authorization from PointCarbon) 

01/05/2012World Bank Competition: Apps for Climate (this competition aims to bring together the best ideas from scientists, application developers, civil society organizations, and development practitioners to create innovative apps using World Bank data)
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Events

Africa Carbon Forum 2012 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Apr. 18-20, 2012)
New World Bank Carbon Initiatives Announced in Durban: Carbon Finance Support to Poorest Countries (Dec. 6, 2011)
World Bank and Caixa Partner to Improve Solid Waste Management and GHG Emissions (Dec. 5, 2011)
Carbon Finance at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa (Nov. 28 - Dec. 9, 2011)
Latin American Carbon Forum, San Jose, Costa Rica (September 27 - 29, 2011)
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Recent & Upcoming Carbon Finance BBLs:

TBDMunicipal Composting Program in Uganda: A CDM Programme of Activities 
11/21/2011State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2011: From Canopy to Currency 
09/07/2011What future for the CDM? An assessment of CDM regulatory developments and their implications post‐2012 
02/08/2011People, Plots, and Pixels: The role of local communities and indigenous peoples in forest monitoring for REDD+ 
12/03/2010The Voluntary Carbon Standard 
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