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De: CIF Admin Unit <cifadm...@worldbank.org>
Data: 18 de fevereiro de 2015 12:13:49 PM BRST
Para: CIF Admin Unit <cifadm...@worldbank.org>
Assunto: Communications Monthly Update: New CIF Blogs, Videos, Photos and News Articles on the CIF from global media outlets

Dear CIF Partners,

We would like to share with you recent updates to the CIF Voices blog, YouTube videos, and news articles on CIF projects.

You can stay up to date with the CIF’s latest developments by following us on Twitter @CIF_Action

CIF Voices (Blogs)

Partnerships are key to strengthening climate services
Alice Atunes, Jan 20
Climate services help bridge the gap between climate science and decision makers to ensure that climate information gets to those who need it (such as farmers, governments, and business), and that those who need it, know what to do with it. But how can we best make use of climate information and services for better, climate-aware decision-making? That was the question that brought climate scientists and modelers, climate services providers and users, and decision- makers from around the world to the fourth annual International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS4) from December 10-12, 2014 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

IFC, CTF and SunEdison partner on largest solar power effort in Central America
IFC Blended Climate Finance, Jan 13
After a series of false starts that kept utility-scale solar out of the country, Honduras’ solar sector ended 2014 on a very good note.  On December 15, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced an investment with SunEdison, a leading solar developer, to develop 81.7 MW of utility-scale solar PV power in Honduras. The project is expected to be the largest solar power development in Central America to date and, part of the largest grid-connected solar project in Honduras. It is also the first project committed under the Clean Technology Fund’s (CTF) Dedicated Private Sector Programs (DPSP) and has the potential to spark major growth in the region’s solar market.

Weathering storms and saving lives through climate services
Martin Craig Hall, Jan 26
Changes in climate and weather affect us all but they are hitting developing countries first and worst.  Droughts can destroy a harvest, floods can wreck homes and schools, and extreme weather can have a devastating impact on countries’ economies.  Getting the right information to the right people at the right time can save lives and livelihoods. That is the job of climate services, and all 18 countries of the PPCR have set out to enhance their national systems. If knowledge is power than few tools are as powerful as climate services.

CIF News from MDB Partners

EBRD,Kazakhstan to modernise municipal infrastructure in main city
EBRD, Jan 5
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching an integrated approach to modernize municipal infrastructure facilities in Kyzylorda, the capital of the Kyzylorda region in southern Kazakhstan. Several financing agreements, worth over US$ 70 million in total, were signed at the Bank’s Headquarters in London by EBRD President, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, and the Akim of Kyzylorda Oblast, Krymbek Kusherbayev, on December 18 . The Bank reported that the funds will be used to finance improvements in water and wastewater, heating, electricity and street lighting.

CIF News from other Global Networks

Ukraine, World Bank sign credit agreement worth $378.4 mln to upgrade power grid
Interfax, February 2
Ukraine and the World Bank have signed a credit agreement worth $378.425 million to implement the Second Power Transmission Project. An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the document was signed by Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn and World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Qimiao Fan on Tuesday. The loan includes $330 million from the World Bank and $48.425 million from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF).

IDB loan to help Jamaica strengthen climate resilience
Jamaica Observer, February 5
JAMAICA will increase its resilience to climate change by enhancing the adaptive capacity of the agriculture and tourism sectors and watershed management, using a US$10 million highly-concessionary loan and a US$7,895,000 grant approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The project, the first adaptation programme implemented by the IDB under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience of the Climate Investment Funds, will help Jamaica mainstream climate change into its development planning, providing information on innovative approaches including climate financing.

ADB loans $85m to Thai wind project
Wind Power Monthly, January 26
The Chaiyaphum project is being developed in the north east of the country by a special-purpose joint venture, 90% owned by Thai independent power producer Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO), and 10% by German renewables developer Pro Ventum. ADB will provide a local currency loan of up to THB 1,807 million ($55 million) and $30 million from the ADB-administered Clean Technology Fund.

In small island states, a mixed picture of climate resilience funding
Devex, January 23
The World Bank already manages climate resilience financing for small island states through several channels: the International Development Association, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Least Developed Countries Fund, the Special Climate Change Fund, Adaptation Fund, the GEF-6 for Climate Change, the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, the Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Fund and trust funds largely financed by the now-defunct Australian Agency for International Development, such as the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility and the Maldives Climate Change Trust Fund

Please look out for further updates soon.

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Sincerely,

Steven Shalita
Senior Communications Officer
Administrative Unit
Climate Investment Funds