Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan

Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan

The objective of this transport component of the broader Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP) is to begin to mainstream climate benefits into the World Bank’s transport program for Sub-Saharan Africa, the better to assist African countries in bringi...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
CARBON EFFICIENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT
RESILIENCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/257571468197952152/climate-resilient-and-low-carbon-transport-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26084
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spelling okr-10986-260842021-05-25T10:54:41Z Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan World Bank CARBON EFFICIENCY CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ICT INFRASTRUCTURE LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT RESILIENCE The objective of this transport component of the broader Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP) is to begin to mainstream climate benefits into the World Bank’s transport program for Sub-Saharan Africa, the better to assist African countries in bringing their climate change efforts to scale. It is a first step towards mainstreaming responses to the climate challenge into transport programs in Africa, and it represents the first time the Transport & ICT GP has produced a work plan for its investment and technical assistance operations that takes into account the content of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and attempts to align World Bank support to the goals stated therein. The transport work plan under this Africa Climate Business Plan will consist of up to $3.2 billion in investments and technical assistance over the 2016-2020 period – including $2.8 billion in World Bank funds. Those investments will help to make progress on two strategic objectives: (1) improving the resilience of African transport infrastructure to climate change by defining four pillars of resilient transport; and (2) improving the carbon-efficiency of transport systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2017-02-17T18:06:53Z 2017-02-17T18:06:53Z 2016-04-18 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/257571468197952152/climate-resilient-and-low-carbon-transport-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26084 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic CARBON EFFICIENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT
RESILIENCE
spellingShingle CARBON EFFICIENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT
RESILIENCE
World Bank
Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
description The objective of this transport component of the broader Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP) is to begin to mainstream climate benefits into the World Bank’s transport program for Sub-Saharan Africa, the better to assist African countries in bringing their climate change efforts to scale. It is a first step towards mainstreaming responses to the climate challenge into transport programs in Africa, and it represents the first time the Transport & ICT GP has produced a work plan for its investment and technical assistance operations that takes into account the content of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and attempts to align World Bank support to the goals stated therein. The transport work plan under this Africa Climate Business Plan will consist of up to $3.2 billion in investments and technical assistance over the 2016-2020 period – including $2.8 billion in World Bank funds. Those investments will help to make progress on two strategic objectives: (1) improving the resilience of African transport infrastructure to climate change by defining four pillars of resilient transport; and (2) improving the carbon-efficiency of transport systems in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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title Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan
title_short Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan
title_full Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan
title_fullStr Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan
title_full_unstemmed Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Contribution to the Africa Climate Business Plan
title_sort climate-resilient and low-carbon transport in sub-saharan africa : a contribution to the africa climate business plan
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/257571468197952152/climate-resilient-and-low-carbon-transport-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
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