World Bank

The objectives of the three-tranche Western Java Environmental Management Program are to strengthen institutionally and economically the local, provincial and regional institutions responsible for waste management and environmental control; to develop local environmental strategies and plans with

Costa Rica experienced one of the highest rates of deforestation worldwide during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1950, forests covered more than half of the country; by 1995, forest cover had declined to 25 percent of the national territory.

The project development objective was to improve efficiency in the supply and use of energy in Brazil, with a focus on electric energy.

This project was designed to support an Energy Efficiency Program in Brazil. The global environmental objective of the project was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the efficiency of energy supply and use in Brazil using a market-based approach.

The project financed the incremental costs of conversion to non-ODS technology for a group of priority cost-effective sub-projects in four industrial sectors, contributing to reduce ODS consumption in Mexico.

The objective was to assist Thailand to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the building chiller sector, and reduce consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS) consistent with its targets under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP).

The objectives of the project were to increase efficiency of hydropower generation; expand the generating capacity of the major hydropower plants; increase system operating efficiency of the power generation and transmission facilities; reduce losses in the electricity distribution system; facili

The main development objective of the Kiev Public Buildings Energy Efficiency Project for Ukraine was to improve the energy efficiency of key public buildings in the capital city of Kiev through a package of technical improvements and sound heat tariff policies.  The project was expected to help

The overall original objective of the Ukraine Ozone Depleting Substance Phase Out Project was to assist Ukraine in the rapid phase out of ODS consumption, in a manner consistent with international efforts and within internationally agreed timeframes.