Water for climate action

Bending the CurveAbating methane emissions is critical for the World Bank's impact-focused climate action plan and vision of creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet.Methane is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the planet, making it a major driver of climate change.Yet, it is much less understood and prioritized than carbon dioxide.Finance for methane abatement is alarmingly low, accounting for less than 2% of global climate finance.The World Bank has a track record of projects in rice production, livestock and waste management that have demonstrated triple wins-limit global warming in the near term, enhance resilience, and empower livelihoods of the most vulnerable.It's tested approaches have reduced production costs and increased the income of millions of poor farmers and city dwellers while improving soil and water management, animal feeding and health, manure treatment and diverted organic waste from landfills, to mention a few benefits.Building on these successful experiences, the World Bank is launching a comprehensive plat the dangerous rise in global temperatures and supporting millions of people on the front lines of climate change.This involves strengthening partnerships and mobilizing catalytic financing for:• Scaling up successful projects into country-led programs in at least 15 countries in the next 18 months.* These programs will deploy the tried and tested transformative solutions for rice production, livestock operations, and waste management at national or sub-regional scale. Bending the Curve:A Triple-Win Blueprint for Global Methane Reduction * Potential list of countries where phased country engagements will be launched includes Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, West Bank and Gaza, amongst others.