IFC@COP26
The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is taking place in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12, 2021, where leadership from the World Bank Group will boost efforts to ramp up support for a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery and support to low-carbon transitions that put people at the center. As part of the World Bank Group's Climate Change Action Plan, IFC is working to unleash private-sector innovation to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.
IFC Events
Fireside Chats
As world leaders meet for COP26 in Glasgow, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop and Francesco Starace, Chief Executive Officer of Enel Group, discuss the private sector's role in climate solutions and global energy transition.
Ahead of the global climate conference in Glasgow, IFC’s Makhtar Diop and IRENA’s Francesco La Camera discuss cooperation between the public and private sector for transition to clean energy and innovation in renewable energy solutions.
VIDEO
7 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Building
An architect in Mexico transformed an inefficient building into green office space. Here’s how he did it.
INTERVIEW
Next Frontiers for Climate Business? 5 Experts’ Views
What’s on the horizon for climate business opportunities? IFC’s in-house experts outline the sectors primed for green transformation.
Also available in French
ARTICLE
Financing the Transition to Net Zero
How sustainability-linked bonds, blue loans, and other new financing tools target the climate crisis
Also available in French and Spanish
INTERVIEW
Building Cities’ “Green and Just Future”
Cassie Sutherland of C40 explains cities’ unique role confronting climate change--and how local governments’ actions to decarbonize buildings can shift the market.
Also available in French
PODCAST
Climate Biz: Sustainability Trends
On the eve of COP26, Climate Biz hosts discuss the recent IEA warning that based on current emissions pledges, the world is still on course for a 2.7C rise.
