IBM surveyed 8,192 motorists in 20 cities on six continents, the majority of whom say that traffic has gotten worse in the past three years. The congestion in many of today's developing cities is a relatively recent phenomenon, having paralleled the rapid economic growth of those cities during the past decade or two.

The Copenhagen Accord calls for a collective commitment by developed countries to provide

Man-made climate change is affecting water infrastructure in all regions of the world, affecting large numbers of people in their daily life and the development of their societies.

Beyond the Sum of Its Parts: Combining Financial Instruments to Support Low-Carbon Development provides greater information and clarity on WBG climate financing instruments and to draw lessons for the broader development community on how resources from different climate financing instruments can be combined for expanded impact, increased leverage,and enhanced efficiency.

This paper identifies key challenges and solutions for carrying out project-level economic analysis of adaptation to climate change, both stand-alone and integrated into broader development projects.

The WaterAid paper Water utilities that work for poor people

This report estimates the overall size and scope of the payments directed to protect or restore watershed services and accounts for the full spectrum of watershed services.  Also looks at the opportunities and challenges based on the current level of transactions, experimentation and lessons learned.

The impacts of climate change are most visible in the dramatic changes occurring to the planet