Private Enterprise and Financial Markets
Environment
- Blue Ribbon Panel on Environment
- Areas of Special Interest
- Coastal and Marine Resources Management
- Disaster Risk Management
- Environment and Safeguards Compliance Policy
- Environment Week
- Environmental Management, Law and Economics
- Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation and Management
- Guidelines and Environmental Assessments
- IDB - Netherlands Water Partnership
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Responding to Climate Change
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Tourism
- Urban Environment and Pollution Control
- Events
- Links to Other Sites
- News Bulletins
- Publications
The Environment Division (ENV) of the Inter-American Development Bank furthers the Institution's goal of sustainable development by enhancing the environmental quality of operations. It shapes Bank policies and strategies, ensuring that projects fulfill IDB environmental objectives and requirements, by drawing upon lessons learned from other operations, direct experience, and state-of-the-art research and analysis. The Division prepares and disseminates technical studies and provides guidance on environmental impact assessments and good practices in environmental management and project analysis. It also offers environmental training to Bank staff, provides technical advice to project teams, and supports the Environment Committee. The Committee is the key forum for influencing the environmental quality of operations and maintaining an effective exchange with regional departments about country needs and operational issues.
The work of the Environment Division embraces public and private sector projects including urban and rural environmental management, energy conservation and development, sustainable agriculture, forestry and biodiversity, water resources management, coastal and marine resources, climate change and disaster risk management.
