Assessing the Environmental Co-Benefits of Climate Change Actions
| dc.creator | Hamilton, Kirk | |
| dc.creator | Akbar, Sameer | |
| dc.date | 2017-07-17T20:13:19Z | |
| dc.date | 2017-07-17T20:13:19Z | |
| dc.date | 2010-11-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T01:00:29Z | |
| dc.description | This internal background paper has been prepared to help inform the 2010 environment strategy with respect to a proposed way forward on use of country systems. The World Bank Group environment strategy is built on three pillars: leveraging natural resources for growth and poverty reduction; managing the environmental risks to growth and development; and transforming growth paths. As part of its exploration of these three pillars, the strategy considers the question of environmental co-benefits of climate change actions. In particular, it poses the question of potential trade-offs between actions to address climate change and other local and regional environmental priorities, and considers how to maximize co-benefits arising from climate action. The primary objective of this background paper is to assess the potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation actions to provide environmental co-benefits, particularly in the quality of environmental media, flow of ecosystem services, and maintenance of biodiversity. To accomplish this, the paper is organized in five sections: section one gives provision of an organizing framework to identify and classify potential co-benefits; section two gives summary of the external literature on co-benefits; section three gives review of examples from the World Bank portfolio; section four presents initial thoughts on creation of enabling conditions for co-benefit provision; and section five gives review of implications for the environment strategy. | |
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| dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316831468333057159/Assessing-the-environmental-co-benefits-of-climate-change-actions | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27605 | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1596/27605 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414151 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
| dc.relation | 2010 Environment Strategy Analytical Background Papers; | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | ACCIDENTS | |
| dc.subject | ACIDIFICATION | |
| dc.subject | ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS | |
| dc.subject | AFFORESTATION | |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS | |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS | |
| dc.subject | AIR | |
| dc.subject | AIR POLLUTANTS | |
| dc.subject | AIR POLLUTION | |
| dc.subject | AIR POLLUTION CONTROL | |
| dc.subject | AIR QUALITY | |
| dc.subject | AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS | |
| dc.subject | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY | |
| dc.subject | ANNUAL EMISSION | |
| dc.subject | AQUIFERS | |
| dc.subject | ARABLE LAND | |
| dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | |
| dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION | |
| dc.subject | BIOGAS | |
| dc.subject | BIOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION | |
| dc.subject | BIOMASS | |
| dc.subject | BIOMASS ENERGY | |
| dc.subject | BLACK CARBON | |
| dc.subject | BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | BUS | |
| dc.subject | BUSES | |
| dc.subject | CADMIUM | |
| dc.subject | CARBON ACCUMULATION | |
| dc.subject | CARBON CAPTURE | |
| dc.subject | CARBON CREDITS | |
| dc.subject | CARBON CYCLING | |
| dc.subject | CARBON DIOXIDE | |
| dc.subject | CARBON EMISSION | |
| dc.subject | CARBON FINANCE | |
| dc.subject | CARBON FLUX | |
| dc.subject | CARBON FUELS | |
| dc.subject | CARBON FUNDING | |
| dc.subject | CARBON LOSS | |
| dc.subject | CARBON MARKET | |
| dc.subject | CARBON MARKETS | |
| dc.subject | CARBON OFFSET | |
| dc.subject | CARBON PRICE | |
| dc.subject | CARBON SEQUESTRATION | |
| dc.subject | CARBON SINKS | |
| dc.subject | CARBON SOURCES | |
| dc.subject | CARBON TAX | |
| dc.subject | CLEAN ELECTRICITY | |
| dc.subject | CLEANER FUELS | |
| dc.subject | CLIMATE | |
| dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE | |
| dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION | |
| dc.subject | CO | |
| dc.subject | CO2 | |
| dc.subject | COAL | |
| dc.subject | COMBUSTION | |
| dc.subject | COMMON PROPERTY | |
| dc.subject | COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES | |
| dc.subject | CONGESTION | |
| dc.subject | COST SAVINGS | |
| dc.subject | CROP LANDS | |
| dc.subject | CROPPING SYSTEMS | |
| dc.subject | CRUDE OIL | |
| dc.subject | DEBT | |
| dc.subject | DEFORESTATION | |
| dc.subject | DEGRADED AREAS | |
| dc.subject | DEVELOPED COUNTRIES | |
| dc.subject | DIESEL | |
| dc.subject | DIESEL ENGINES | |
| dc.subject | DIESEL VEHICLES | |
| dc.subject | DISEASE VECTORS | |
| dc.subject | DROUGHT | |
| dc.subject | ECOLOGY | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMICS | |
| dc.subject | ECOSYSTEM | |
| dc.subject | ELECTRICITY | |
| dc.subject | ELECTRICITY GENERATION | |
| dc.subject | EMISSION | |
| dc.subject | EMISSION REDUCTION | |
| dc.subject | EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES | |
| dc.subject | EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS | |
| dc.subject | EMISSION REDUCTIONS | |
| dc.subject | EMISSION TRADING | |
| dc.subject | EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE | |
| dc.subject | EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE | |
| dc.subject | EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT | |
| dc.subject | EMISSIONS REDUCTION | |
| dc.subject | EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS | |
| dc.subject | ENERGY EFFICIENCY | |
| dc.subject | ENERGY POLICY | |
| dc.subject | ENERGY SOURCES | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | |
| dc.subject | EROSION CONTROL | |
| dc.subject | ETHANOL | |
| dc.subject | EXTERNAL COSTS | |
| dc.subject | FARMS | |
| dc.subject | FERTILIZERS | |
| dc.subject | FINANCIAL INCENTIVES | |
| dc.subject | FIRE MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | FISH | |
| dc.subject | FISHERIES | |
| dc.subject | FLOODS | |
| dc.subject | FOREST | |
| dc.subject | FOREST AREA | |
| dc.subject | FOREST BIOMASS | |
| dc.subject | FOREST CARBON | |
| dc.subject | FOREST CLEARANCE | |
| dc.subject | FOREST DEGRADATION | |
| dc.subject | FOREST MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | FOREST PLANTATIONS | |
| dc.subject | FOREST SECTOR | |
| dc.subject | FORESTRY | |
| dc.subject | FORESTRY SECTOR | |
| dc.subject | FORESTS | |
| dc.subject | FOSSIL FUELS | |
| dc.subject | FREIGHT | |
| dc.subject | FREIGHT TRANSPORT | |
| dc.subject | FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES | |
| dc.subject | FUEL SUBSIDIES | |
| dc.subject | FUEL SWITCHING | |
| dc.subject | GAS EMISSION | |
| dc.subject | GAS FLARING | |
| dc.subject | GASES | |
| dc.subject | GASOLINE | |
| dc.subject | GHG | |
| dc.subject | GHGS | |
| dc.subject | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | |
| dc.subject | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY | |
| dc.subject | GREENHOUSE | |
| dc.subject | GREENHOUSE GAS | |
| dc.subject | GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | GREENHOUSE GASES | |
| dc.subject | GREENHOUSE-GAS | |
| dc.subject | GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | HEAVY METALS | |
| dc.subject | HIGHWAY | |
| dc.subject | HIGHWAYS | |
| dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD FUEL | |
| dc.subject | IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY | |
| dc.subject | IPCC | |
| dc.subject | LAND DEGRADATION | |
| dc.subject | LAND USE CHANGE | |
| dc.subject | LANDFILL | |
| dc.subject | LANDFILL GAS | |
| dc.subject | LEACHING | |
| dc.subject | LIVABLE CITIES | |
| dc.subject | LOCAL AIR POLLUTANTS | |
| dc.subject | LOCAL AIR POLLUTION | |
| dc.subject | LOCAL AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | LOSS OF SOIL CARBON | |
| dc.subject | LOW-CARBON | |
| dc.subject | MANGROVE FOREST | |
| dc.subject | MASS TRANSIT | |
| dc.subject | METHANE | |
| dc.subject | METHANE COMBUSTION | |
| dc.subject | METHANE EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | METHANE GAS | |
| dc.subject | METHANE GENERATION | |
| dc.subject | MINES | |
| dc.subject | N2O | |
| dc.subject | NATURAL CAPITAL | |
| dc.subject | NATURAL GAS | |
| dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCES | |
| dc.subject | NEGATIVE IMPACTS | |
| dc.subject | NITRATE | |
| dc.subject | NITRATES | |
| dc.subject | NITROGEN | |
| dc.subject | NITROGEN DEPOSITION | |
| dc.subject | NITROUS OXIDE | |
| dc.subject | NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS | |
| dc.subject | NOISE | |
| dc.subject | NOX | |
| dc.subject | NUCLEAR ENERGY | |
| dc.subject | NUTRIENTS | |
| dc.subject | OIL PRICES | |
| dc.subject | ORGANIC MATTER | |
| dc.subject | OZONE | |
| dc.subject | OZONE LAYER | |
| dc.subject | PARTICLES | |
| dc.subject | PARTICULATE | |
| dc.subject | PARTICULATE MATTER | |
| dc.subject | PARTICULATES | |
| dc.subject | PASTURES | |
| dc.subject | PM10 | |
| dc.subject | POLICY MAKERS | |
| dc.subject | POLLUTION CONTROL | |
| dc.subject | POLLUTION REDUCTION | |
| dc.subject | POWER PLANTS | |
| dc.subject | PP | |
| dc.subject | PRESENT VALUE | |
| dc.subject | PRIVATE VEHICLES | |
| dc.subject | RAINWATER | |
| dc.subject | RENEWABLE ENERGY | |
| dc.subject | RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES | |
| dc.subject | RESOURCE CONSERVATION | |
| dc.subject | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | RISK MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | ROAD | |
| dc.subject | ROADS | |
| dc.subject | SANITATION | |
| dc.subject | SO2 | |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL COSTS | |
| dc.subject | SOIL CARBON | |
| dc.subject | SOIL DEGRADATION | |
| dc.subject | SOIL PRODUCTIVITY | |
| dc.subject | SOLAR POWER | |
| dc.subject | SOX | |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY | |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE USE | |
| dc.subject | TAX REDUCTION | |
| dc.subject | TERRESTRIAL CARBON | |
| dc.subject | TIMBER | |
| dc.subject | TRAFFIC | |
| dc.subject | TRANSPORT OPERATIONS | |
| dc.subject | TRANSPORT POLICIES | |
| dc.subject | TRANSPORT SECTOR | |
| dc.subject | TRANSPORT SYSTEM | |
| dc.subject | TRANSPORTATION | |
| dc.subject | TREE SPECIES | |
| dc.subject | TRUE | |
| dc.subject | URBAN AIR POLLUTION | |
| dc.subject | URBAN TRANSPORT | |
| dc.subject | VEHICLE | |
| dc.subject | VEHICLE FUEL | |
| dc.subject | VEHICLE FUEL EFFICIENCY | |
| dc.subject | WASTE MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | WATER POLLUTION | |
| dc.subject | WATER QUALITY | |
| dc.subject | WATER TREATMENT | |
| dc.subject | WETLANDS | |
| dc.subject | WIND | |
| dc.subject | WIND ENERGY | |
| dc.title | Assessing the Environmental Co-Benefits of Climate Change Actions | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dc.type | Document de travail | |
| dc.type | Documento de trabajo |
