This primer and its companion report, Cool City Case Studies: Reducing Urban Heat, provide practical, actionable guidance and examples for implementers, policy makers, and planners tasked with mitigating urban heat impacts.
This publication is intended as a primer on space cooling. It was developed in the context of the rapidly growing demand for space cooling and the critical need for access to affordable but sustainable space cooling solutions.
The first phase of the study reviewed and assessed the existing methodologies, literature, pilot experience, and relevant measurement tools and metrics. The report also finds that there are synergies across respective co-benefit…
Composed of five case studies describing a variety of contexts in which measures are being implemented to attract, recruit, retain, and advance women in STEM roles in the infrastructure sectors across Ethiopia, the Lao People’s Democratic…
Stepping Up Women’s STEM Careers in Infrastructure: Summary Note: Entry Points for World Bank Project Teams Volume 3 provides a brief overview of some of the findings from an extensive literature review, a global stocktaking exercise, key…
The report is intended to underpin and expand the existing knowledge on gender equality issues, under the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The case studies featured form part of the insight captured in the…
