Assessing the Environmental Co-Benefits of Climate Change Actions

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...

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Main Authors:	Hamilton, Kirk, Akbar, Sameer
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ANNUAL EMISSION AQUIFERS ARABLE LAND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION BIOGAS BIOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BUS BUSES CADMIUM CARBON ACCUMULATION CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CREDITS CARBON CYCLING CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCE CARBON FLUX CARBON FUELS CARBON FUNDING CARBON LOSS CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSET CARBON PRICE CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINKS CARBON SOURCES CARBON TAX CLEAN ELECTRICITY CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMMON PROPERTY COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES CONGESTION COST SAVINGS CROP LANDS CROPPING SYSTEMS CRUDE OIL DEBT DEFORESTATION DEGRADED AREAS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL DIESEL ENGINES DIESEL VEHICLES DISEASE VECTORS DROUGHT ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMICS ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EROSION CONTROL ETHANOL EXTERNAL COSTS FARMS FERTILIZERS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOODS FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST BIOMASS FOREST CARBON FOREST CLEARANCE FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST SECTOR FORESTRY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES FUEL SUBSIDIES FUEL SWITCHING GAS EMISSION GAS FLARING GASES GASOLINE GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE-GAS GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS HEAVY METALS HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLD FUEL IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY IPCC LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE CHANGE LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LEACHING LIVABLE CITIES LOCAL AIR POLLUTANTS LOCAL AIR POLLUTION LOCAL AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS LOSS OF SOIL CARBON LOW-CARBON MANGROVE FOREST MASS TRANSIT METHANE METHANE COMBUSTION METHANE EMISSIONS METHANE GAS METHANE GENERATION MINES N2O NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITRATE NITRATES NITROGEN NITROGEN DEPOSITION NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS NOISE NOX NUCLEAR ENERGY NUTRIENTS OIL PRICES ORGANIC MATTER OZONE OZONE LAYER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATES PASTURES PM10 POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION REDUCTION POWER PLANTS PP PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE VEHICLES RAINWATER RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROADS SANITATION SO2 SOCIAL COSTS SOIL CARBON SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL PRODUCTIVITY SOLAR POWER SOX SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX REDUCTION TERRESTRIAL CARBON TIMBER TRAFFIC TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TREE SPECIES TRUE URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN TRANSPORT VEHICLE VEHICLE FUEL VEHICLE FUEL EFFICIENCY WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER TREATMENT WETLANDS WIND WIND ENERGY
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Summary:	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.

Assessing the Environmental Co-Benefits of Climate Change Actions

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