GEF China Sustainable Cities - Supporting Green and Low Carbon Urban Development (WB-P173316)

Countries
  • China
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Chongqing, Chengdu, ChongqingChengdu Corridor, Ningbo, YRD Demonstration Zone (tbc).
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
May 13, 2022
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
People's Republic of China
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 26.91 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 26.91 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 26.91 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 19, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jun 15, 2020

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Project Description
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According to the bank document, the project aims to "support participating cities to develop a systematic and integrated approach to the green and low carbon strategies and planning.

The project funding comes from the Global Environmental Facility’s (GEF)-7 Sustainable Cities Impact Program. GEF seeks to support cities and sub-nationals in their effort to fight against climate change,
biodiversity loss and other global environmental challenges through sustainable and integrated urban planning.

The project includes three participating cities: Chongqing, Chengdu and Ningbo. In addition, two clusters of cities are under consideration: Chengdu-Chongqing Corridor and Yangtze River Delta Demonstration Zone for Ecological and Green Integrated Development (YRD Demonstration Zone)."

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

China was one of the nine countries that were competitively selected for the second phase of the GEF Sustainable Cities Impact Program in December 2019, with the total recipient grant funding of USD 26,909,050.


Contact Information
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World Bank

Xueman Wang: Sr Urban Spec.

Yuan Xiao: Sr Urban Spec.

Borrower/Client/Recipient

1/ Contact: Zhou Tao 

2/ Contact: Tao Zhou 

Title: PMO director

Email: zhoutao@fox.com

3/ Contact: Zhu Xiaowen

Implementing Agencies

1/ Contact: Zhou Huiling

2/ Contact: Huilin Zhou

Title: PMO

Email: pmo@ningbo.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433
Telephone: (202) 473-1000
Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects

*There is no information being disclosed at this stage of the project*

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF WORLD BANK

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