Investments in green projects are constrained by multiple factors: 1) numerous financial and institutional constraints; 2) pronounced risks; 3) unfavorable structure of cash flow profiles; 4) anti-green market distortions. In order to boost investment flows private financing is essential, but...

This report reviews the collaboration between the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the African states. Since 1991 GEF has financed 425 projects to address global environmental problems through sustainable development in more than 50 African countries. This report specifically reviews the...

The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. The old-growth rainforests in the basin represent storage of ~ 120 petagrams of carbon (Pg C) in their biomass. Annually, these tropical forests process approximately 18 Pg C through respiration and photosynthesis. This is more than...