International Guidebook of Environmental Finance Tools

The International Guidebook of EnvironmentalFinance Tools provides guidance on developing and implementing the mostcommonly used, widely applicable, and potentially high-impact environmentalfinance tools. It aims to define and analyse the primary tools that are alreadyin use and that can be applied globally to advance sustainable development. Thetools explored in the Guidebook have been successfully applied to protect theenvironment and promote pro-poor and predominantly rural development. They wereidentified through a review of over one hundred environmental finance casestudies from over thirty developing countries across four sectors: pro-poorenergy, protected areas, sustainable agriculture and sustainable forestry.