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We contacted climate staff at ADB, AfDB, AIIB, EBRD, EIB, IDB and WBG to confirm our research. To date, we received feedback from AfDB, AIIB, EIB and IDB.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2021a).  Energy Policy Supporting Low-Carbon Transition in Asia and the Pacific. Policy Brief. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/institutional-document/737086/energy-policy-r-paper.pdf

ADB (2018). Strategy 2030: Achieving a Prosperous, Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Asia and the Pacific. https://www.adb.org/documents/strategy-2030-prosperous-inclusive-resilient-sustainable-asia-pacific

ADB (2017a). Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Projects. Institutional Document. https://www.adb.org/documents/guidelines-economic-analysis-projects

ADB (2017b). Guidelines for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Asian Development Bank Projects - Additional Guidance for Clean Energy Projects. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/institutional-document/296466/guidelines-estimating-ghg.pdf 

ADB (2016). Guidelines for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Asian Development Bank Projects - Additional Guidance for Transport Projects.  https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/institutional-document/219791/guidelines-estimating-ghg-emissions-transport.pdf 

ADB (2010). Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport Projects. Evaluation Knowledge Brief. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/evaluation-document/35942/files/ekb-reg-2010-16-0.pdf

ADB (2009).  Safeguard Policy Statement. Policy Paper. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/institutional-document/32056/safeguard-policy-statement-june2009.pdf 

AfDB, ADB, AIIB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, Islamic Development Bank, New Development Bank, World Bank Group (WBG) and International Development Finance Club (IDFC) (2021). Common Principles for Climate Mitigation Finance Tracking. https://www.eib.org/attachments/documents/mdb_idfc_mitigation_common_principles_en.pdf 

African Development Bank (AfDB) (2023). Direct communication with bank climate staff.

AfDB (2022a). Climate and Green Grwoth Strategic Framework: Projecting Africa’s Voice – Strategy 2021-2030. https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/climate-and-green-growth-strategic-framework-projecting-africas-voice-strategy-2021-2030 

AfDB (2022b). Climate and Green Growth Strategic Framework: Projecting Africa’s Voice – Policy. https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/climate-and-green-growth-strategic-framework-projecting-africas-voice-policy  

AfDB (2016). The African Development Bank Group‘s Second Climate Change Action Plan (2016-2020). https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AfricanDevelopmentBankClimateChangeActionPlan2016-2020.pdf 

AfDB (2013). African Development Bank Group’s Integrated Safeguards System – Policy Statement and Operational Safeguards. Safeguards and Sustainability Series, Volume 1, Issue 1. https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Policy-Documents/December_2013_-_AfDB%E2%80%99S_Integrated_Safeguards_System__-_Policy_Statement_and_Operational_Safeguards.pdf 

AfDB (2012).  Energy Sector Policy of the AfDB Group. https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Policy-Documents/Energy_Sector_Policy_of_the_AfDB_Group.pdf 

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (2023). Direct communication with bank climate staff.

AIIB (2022a). Environmental and Social Framework - Approved February 2016 (Amended February 2019, May 2021 and November 2022). https://aiib-live-sgp.mcon-group.com/en/policies-strategies/_download/environment-framework/AIIB-Environmental-and-Social-Framework_ESF-November-2022-final.pdf 

AIIB (2022b). Energy Sector Strategy: Sustainable Energy for Tomorrow. https://www.aiib.org/en/policies-strategies/strategies/sustainable-energy-asia/.content/index/_download/AIIB-Energy-Sector-Strategy-Update_Final_Nov-2022.pdf 

AIIB (2020). Corporate Strategy - Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow. https://www.aiib.org/en/policies-strategies/strategies/.content/index/_download/AIIB-Corporate-Strategy.pdf 

AIIB (2016). Environmental and Social Framework. https://www.aiib.org/en/policies-strategies/framework-agreements/environmental-social-framework.html 

Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) (2017). Greenhouse Gas Analysis and Harmonization of Methodology. CTF/TFC.18/Rev. 1. https://www.cif.org/sites/cif_enc/files/meeting-documents/ctf_tfc_18_inf_4_rev1_ghg_harmonization_10-apr-2017.pdf 

CIFs (2016). Greenhouse Gas Analysis and Harmonization of Methodology. CTF/TFC.18/Inf.4/. https://www.cif.org/sites/cif_enc/files/meeting-documents/ctf_18_inf.4_ghg_harmonization.pdf 

Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) (2020a). CEB Strategy 2020-2022 – At a Glance. https://coebank.org/media/documents/CEB_Strategy_20-22_At_a_glance.pdf

CEB (2020b). Development Plan 2020-2022. https://coebank.org/media/documents/Web_Development_Plan_2020_2022.pdf 

CEB (n.d.) The CEB and Climate Change. https://coebank.org/en/about/sustainability/ceb-and-climate-change/

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (2022a). EBRD begins work on its new energy sector strategy. Press release. https://www.ebrd.com/news/2022/ebrd-begins-work-on-its-new-energy-sector-strategy.html 

EBRD (2022b). Watch COP27: COP27 Joint MDB event on Paris Alignment progress update. https://www.ebrd.com/news/video/watch-cop27-cop27-jointmdb-event-on-paris-alignment-progress-update.html 

EBRD (2022c) Methodology to determine the Paris Agreement alignment of EBRD investments. https://www.ebrd.com/documents/comms-and-bis/methodology-to-determine-the-paris-agreement-alignment-of-ebrd-investments.pdf

EBRD (2022d). Approach to the Paris Agreement alignment of the EBRD’s internal activities. https://www.ebrd.com/documents/comms-and-bis/approach-to-the-paris-agreement-alignment-of-the-ebrds-internal-activities.pdf 

EBRD (2021). Sustainability Report 2021. https://www.ebrd.com/news/publications/sustainability-report/ebrd-sustainability-report-2021.html

EBRD (2020). Green Economy Transition Approach 2021-2025. https://www.ebrd.com/what-we-do/get.html

EBRD (2019a). Environmental and Social Policy.  https://www.ebrd.com/documents/comms-and-bis/environmental-and-social-policy.pdf 

EBRD (2019b). Methodology for the assessment of EBRD projects with high greenhouse gas emissions - Technical note. https://www.ebrd.com/documents/comms-and-bis/methodology-for-the-economic-assessment-of-ebrd-projects-with-high-greenhouse-gasemissions.pdf

EBRD (2018). Energy Sector Strategy 2019-2023 – As approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting of 12 December 2018. https://www.ebrd.com/documents/power-and-energy/ebrd-energy-sector-strategy-20192023.pdf 

EBRD (2014). Methodology for the assessment of coal fired generation projects. https://www.ebrd.com/documents/climate-finance/methodology-for-the-assessment-of-coal-fired-generation-projects.pdf 

EBRD (n.d.). EBRD Protocol for Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. www.ebrd.com/documents/admin/ebrd-protocol-for-assessment-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions.pdf 

European Investment Bank (EIB) (2023a). Direct communication with bank climate staff.

EIB (2023b). EIB Project Carbon Footprint Methodologies. Methodologies for the assessment of project greenhouse gas emissions and emission variations. https://www.eib.org/attachments/lucalli/eib_project_carbon_footprint_methodologies_2023_en.pdf

EIB (2022a). The EIB Group PATH Framework version 1.1 October 2022 – Supporting counterparties on their pathways to align with the Paris Agreement. https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20220007-the-eib-group-path-framework 

EIB (2022b). EIB eligibility excluded activities and excluded sectors list. https://www.eib.org/attachments/publications/eib_eligibility_excluded_activities_en.pdf 

EIB (2020a). The EIB Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025. https://www.eib.org/en/publications/the-eib-group-climate-bank-roadmap 

EIB (2020b). EIB Climate Strategy. https://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/eib_climate_strategy_en.pdf 

EIB (2019). EIB Energy Lending Policy – Supporting the energy transformation. https://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/eib_energy_lending_policy_en.pdf 

EIB (2018). Environmental and Social Standards. https://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/environmental_and_social_practices_handbook_en.pdf

E3G (2020a). Inter-American Development Bank - Shadow Carbon Pricing. https://www.e3g.org/bank-metrics/shadow-carbon-pricing-idb/

E3G (2020b). Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Shadow Carbon Pricing. https://www.e3g.org/bank-metrics/shadow-carbon-pricing-aiib/  

IDB (2021a). Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025. https://publications.iadb.org/en/inter-american-development-bank-group-climate-change-action-plan-2021-2025 

IDB (2021b). IDB Group and Climate Action Position Paper – COP26. https://interactive-publications.iadb.org/increasing-climate-ambition 

IDB (2020a). Environmental and Social Policy Framework. https://www.iadb.org/en/mpas  

IDB (2016). Corporate Results Framework 2016-2019: Revised Version. http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.

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IDB (2013). Chemical Plant GHG Emissions. Reconciling the Financing of Chemical Plants with Climate Change Objectives.Environmental Safeguards Unit. Technical Note No. IDB-TN-618. https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Chemical-Plants-GHG-Emissions-Reconciling-the-Financing-of-Chemical-Plants-with-Climate-Change-Objectives.pdf

IDB (2011). Environmental Impact Assessments for Cement Plants. VPS/ESG. Technical Note No. IDB-TN-201. https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Environmental-Impact-Assessments-for-Cement-Plants.pdf 

International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2022). Stepping up in a time of uncertainty - 2022 annual report. https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/0666b9a3-93e4-4c9d-8de8-b1ac34455c02/IFC-AR22.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=ogfmv2P 

IFC (2017). IFC Annual Report 2017: Creating Markets.  https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/28479/120281-AR-v1-PUBLiC-iFC-AR17-Full-Report-Vol-1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 

IFC (2011). Policy and Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, and Access to Information Policy IFC IFIs. https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/eea7879d-6833-4fc8-8cfc-57bea2492910/Board-Paper-IFC_SustainabilityFramework-2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=jiVQFYY 

IFC (2007). IFC Exclusion List. Retrieved from https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/sustainability-at-ifc/company-resources/ifcexclusionlist#2007 

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) (2022). IsDB Launches Paris Alignment Action Plan to support Climate Action in Member Countries. https://www.isdb.org/news/isdb-launches-paris-alignment-action-plan-to-support-climate-action-in-member-countries 

New Development Bank (NDB) (2022). New Development Bank General Strategy for 2022-2026 – Scaling up Development Finance for a Sustainable Future. https://www.ndb.int/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NDB_StrategyDocument_Eversion-1.pdf 

World Bank Group (WBG) (2021). World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025: Supporting Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35799 

WBG (2017a). Q&A: The World Bank Group and Upstream Oil and Gas. Retrieved from https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange/brief/qa-the-world-bank-group-and-upstream-oil-and-gas 

WBG (2017b). Guidance note on shadow price of carbon in economic analysis. Retrieved from https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/621721519940107694/guidance-note-on-shadow-price-of-carbon-in-economic-analysis 

WBG (2016). World Bank Group Forest Action Plan FY16-20. Strategy Document. Retrieved from  https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/24026 

WBG (2013). Toward a Sustainable Energy Future for All: Directions for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector. Retrieved from https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/745601468160524040/pdf/Toward-a-sustainable-energy-future-for-all-directions-for-the-World-Bank-Groups-energy-sector.pdf 


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