Briefing paper
Putting a price on carbon: evaluating a carbon price and complementary policies for a 1.5° world
This issues brief seeks to understand the role that a carbon price can play in reaching the type of economic transformation necessary to achieve Paris Agreement goals, in order to maintain global warming well below 2°C and to pursue eforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Guide
Enhancing NDCs: a guide to strengthening national climate plans
This guide is designed to help practitioners think through how to structure their country’s enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions across three dimensions: strengthening targets to reduce emissions (mitigation), enhancing climate resilience (adaptation) and clearly communicating their actions to build trust and facilitate effective implementation.
Working paper
Accelerating building decarbonization: eight attainable policy pathways to net zero carbon buildings for all
This paper responds to the global discourse around the need to decarbonize the world’s building stock by 2050 in order to meet global climate goals. It aims to provide clear, feasible policy pathways by which developing countries can achieve net ZCBs in their cities.
Working paper
Data and ambition loops for enhanced climate action: potential drivers and opportunities in Asia
This paper explores how countries can plan, implement, and review their climate action by engaging the private sector.
Technical report
Energy Access Explorer: data and methods
Today, about 840 million people lack access to electricity. To effectively expand energy access, government planners need to understand and have access to data and analytical tools that capture key attributes of the unserved and under-served populations they are trying to reach.