Environmental policy and governance in a federal framework: perspectives from India -- Japan's role in climate change issues -- Policies for environmentally sustainable development: perspectives from Vietnam -- Resource-environmental foundation for green and low-carbon development in China --...

In order to inform the 2010 Strategy, and suggest what role the World Bank Group (WBG) can realistically play in strengthening environmental institutions and governance, this paper takes stock of WBG operations in this area since the 2001 Strategy. Looking across the spectrum of lending and...