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The Plan of Implementation adopted at WSSD in September 2002, shares a number of the strategic thrusts articulated in the Bank's energy and environment strategies. It urges actions to improve access to environmentally sound energy services and resources, and to accelerate increased access of the poor to reliable, affordable, environmentally sound energy services as a means to improve standards of living.
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World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and the Johannesburg Declaration
The WSSD Plan of Implementation highlights specific tools and instruments for achieving these
goals, all of which are embodied in the Bank's carbon finance activities. They include:
- Development and dissemination of clean and renewable energy technologies to developing
countries (including hydropower), cleaner liquid and gaseous fuels, biomass technologies,
reduced venting and flaring of gas in crude oil production, and energy efficiency;
- Development of indigenous energy sources for rural communities;
- Innovative financing mechanisms;
- Internalization of environmental costs, for example through the application of the "polluter pays" principle;
- Use of environmental impact assessment procedures; and
- Dissemination of best practice on environmentally sound technologies.
The Plan of Implementation focuses specifically on improving energy access in Africa to 35% within 20 years and promoting cleaner and more efficient energy technologies there-including renewable energy, natural gas, energy efficiency and cleaner fossil fuels-particularly in rural and peri-urban areas.
 For more information on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) please visit the UN webpage: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
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