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services with increased loan capital and concessional fundsto cover the added costs of transition to new practices.Because forestry, agriculture, and fishing are often criticalareas for many poorer developing countries in pursuinglow-carbon development, the WBG should not only “explore”these mitigation opportunities, but should be ableto prioritize immediate support. This support may demandthe use of public funding to supplement the privately availableincome flows that firms, families, or communities canreap from less-sustainable resource uses and the deliveryof these public funds through innovative measures likeeasements or contracts for ecosystem services. Moreover,as the WBG expands its activities in these sectors, it needsto carefully synchronize its approaches with the ReducedEmission from Deforestation and Degradation negotiationsand other elements of the United Nations process inorder to complement and encourage political progress inthis priority negotiation field.RecommendationsThe panel agrees with most of the excellent IEG report. Ourown statement is short enough to not require any summary.We close by reiterating only four key points that have beenemphasized both in the IEG report and our statement:• Climate damage is a serious threat to development,especially for the poor.• It is essential that the WBG as a development institutionlead in building capacity, understanding, and practicalstandards to support governments’ implemention oflow-carbon growth strategies.• The WBG can and should expand its structural lendingand grant programs for energy efficiency, renewable energy,and market transformation programs that createcorrect incentives consistent with these strategies.• Finally, the WBG is well placed to take on a missionto encourage and leverage financing for low carbongrowth. To do so, it must continue to reform its organizationalgoals, operational practices, internal incentives,and performance management criteria to valueand reward results at the systemic, rather than at theproject level.Han Seung-sooChairman, Global Green Growth InstituteFormer Prime Minister, Republic of KoreaThomas C. HellerExecutive Director, Climate Policy InitiativeLewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus, Stanford UniversityThomas SternerProfessor of Environmental Economics, Gothenburg UniversityPast President, European Association of Environmental Economistsxxx | Climate Change and the World Bank Group
GlossaryAdditionalityBankabilityBase loadBus rapid transit (BRT)Bus rapid transit system (BRTS)Carbon dioxide equivalent(CO 2e)Carbon finance unit (CFU)Carbon fundCarbon offset (or credit)Carbon returnCertified emission reductionClean DevelopmentMechanism (CDM)Combined heat and power (orcogeneration)Combined-cycle turbineTo generate carbon offsets recognized under the Clean DevelopmentMechanism or Joint Implementation, projects must show that their emissionreductions would be in addition to those that would occur in theabsence of carbon finance.The ability of a project to attract sufficient financing to be viable. A projectmight not be bankable if its profits are not high enough in early yearsto cover the needed debt payments.The amount of power required to supply minimum customer demands(as power demand fluctuates throughout the day, or seasonally).An efficient urban transit form using priority or dedicated bus lanes.An integrated system of multiple bus rapid transit lines.Number of tons of carbon dioxide considered to have the same impact onglobal warming as a ton of a specified gas. For instance, one ton of methaneis considered equivalent in warming to 25 tons of CO 2.The World Bank unit that manages carbon funds and purchases carbonoffsets.A trust fund established to purchase carbon offsets.A commodity representing a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (includinggases other than carbon dioxide), used by purchasers to meetregulatory or voluntary limits on emissions. Certified emission reductionsare one type of carbon offset.The effectiveness of a project in reducing carbon dioxide emissions (asopposed to the economic return, or other environmental benefits). Measuredin lifetime kilograms of CO 2e emissions reduced per dollar of investmentcost.A carbon credit (measured in tons CO 2e) for an emissions reduction associatedwith a Clean Development Mechanism project.A mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol by which developed countriescan finance greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal projects indeveloping countries. In turn, the developed countries receive credits fordoing this, which they may apply toward meeting mandatory limits ontheir own emissions.The production of both electricity and economically valuable heat (forindustrial processes or space heating), for example, from a steam boiler.A relatively efficient technology for power generation from combustion,usually of natural gas.Glossary | xxxi
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services with increased loan capital and concessional fundsto cover the added costs <strong>of</strong> transition to new practices.Because forestry, agriculture, and fishing are <strong>of</strong>ten criticalareas for many poorer developing countries in pursuinglow-carbon development, the WBG should not only “explore”these mitigation opportunities, but should be ableto prioritize immediate support. This support may demandthe use <strong>of</strong> public funding to supplement the privately availableincome flows that firms, families, or communities canreap from less-sustainable resource uses and the delivery<strong>of</strong> these public funds through innovative measures likeeasements or contracts for ecosystem services. Moreover,as the WBG expands its activities in these sectors, it needsto carefully synchronize its approaches with the ReducedEmission from Deforestation and Degradation negotiationsand other elements <strong>of</strong> the United Nations process inorder to complement and encourage political progress inthis priority negotiation field.Recommendations<strong>The</strong> panel agrees with most <strong>of</strong> the excellent IEG report. Ourown statement is short enough to not require any summary.We close by reiterating only four key points that have beenemphasized both in the IEG report and our statement:• Climate damage is a serious threat to development,especially for the poor.• It is essential that the WBG as a development institutionlead in building capacity, understanding, and practicalstandards to support governments’ implemention <strong>of</strong>low-carbon growth strategies.• <strong>The</strong> WBG can and should expand its structural lendingand grant programs for energy efficiency, renewable energy,and market transformation programs that createcorrect incentives consistent with these strategies.• Finally, the WBG is well placed to take on a missionto encourage and leverage financing for low carbongrowth. To do so, it must continue to reform its organizationalgoals, operational practices, internal incentives,and performance management criteria to valueand reward results at the systemic, rather than at theproject level.Han Seung-sooChairman, Global Green Growth InstituteFormer Prime Minister, Republic <strong>of</strong> KoreaThomas C. HellerExecutive Director, Climate Policy InitiativeLewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> International Legal Studies, Emeritus, Stanford UniversityThomas SternerPr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Environmental Economics, Gothenburg UniversityPast President, European Association <strong>of</strong> Environmental Economistsxxx | Climate Change and the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Group
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