The objective of the Urban Wastewater Methane Gas Capture Project for Bolivia is to help mitigate global climate change, by facilitating the use of market-based mechanisms sanctioned under the Kyoto Protocol through support to the urban sanitation sector. The World Bank's involvement in this project, as a trustee of the Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF), allows purchase of emissions reductions beyond 2012 using the principles of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

The objective of this Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Carbon Finance Program Project is to support Moroccan municipalities develop carbon assets in the MSW sector, and access the carbon market. A typical landfill gas collection and flaring system consists of the following components: (i) wells network; (ii) capture piping system; (iii) condensate extraction and storage systems located at low network points; (iv) blower to create the required vacuum in the collection network to extract the Landfill Gas, or LFG; (v) gas pre-treatment; and (vi) flaring station of LFG.

Concerned that the target of limiting the global temperature increase to 2°C is not on track, the International Energy Agency produced this World Energy Outlook Special Report through extensive consultation and a high-level workshop in Paris (March 2013). It begins by contextualising the energy industry and climate change, discussing recent policy developments, and looking at the status and trends of global emissions. It then outlines, by fuel, region and sector, the differences between a current-policy scenario and one in which the 2°C target may be reached.

First volume of the Implementation Guide finalised and ready for distribution to participant municipalities, key state and federal government agents, private sector in waste management related business, academics and relevant NGOs.

First volume of the Implementation Guide finalised and ready for distribution to participant municipalities, key state and federal government agents, private sector in waste management related business, academics and relevant NGOs.

Introduces the principles, functions and benefits of a web-based tool enabling small and medium-sized farms to estimate biogas and electricity production, carbon emission reduction and financial viability resulting from installation of a biodigester and electricity generation facility in the farm. Further, it discussed the available financing options for such measures and introduces the results from field trials of the tool.

A case study report of field trials related to a computer-based tool that allows small and medium-sized farms in Brazil to estimate technological and financial requirements to install a biodigester and electricity generation system in the farm. The tool also allows the users to estimate the carbon offset by replacing grid electricity and flaring the excess biogas.