World Bank

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and World Bank team up to improve access to climate finance

Report claims growth has stalled owing to regulatory uncertainty over successor to Kyoto

Report finds environmental and social safeguards apply to "ever decreasing proportion" of World Bank portfolio

Donation to World Bank fund will see market mechanisms piloted in developing countries

Leaked draft energy policy proposes ending fossil fuel grants to most countries, as new sustainable palm oil policy is introduced

Fund will buy offsets from projects in developing nations after first phase of Kyoto expires in 2012

Robert Zoellick to announce launch of new fund to help developing nations roll out emissions trading schemes

Cancun Summit hosts launch of Climate Finance Options to help developing countries access green funding

Programme launched at Nagoya aims to embed 'natural capital' into national accounts in an effort to improve biodiversity protection

Daniel M Kammen takes up new post as bank's first chief technical specialist for renewable energy and energy efficiency