The World Bank - Climate Change

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Climate change is expected to hit developing countries the hardest. Its effects—higher temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent weather-related disasters—pose risks for agriculture, food, and water supplies. At stake are recent gains in the fight against poverty, hunger and disease, and the lives and livelihoods of billions of people in developing countries. Read More »

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A Low-Carbon Path for Chinese Cities

By embarking on a low-carbon growth path, China’s cities can help reach the country’s targets for reducing the energy and carbon intensity of its economy, and become more livable, efficient, competitive, and ultimately sustainable, says a new World Bank report released on May 3, 2012.
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Giving Oceans a Fighting Chance

Mary Barton-Dock, Director, Environment unit of the World Bank, blogs about raising awareness on the threats that oceans face including ocean acidification and warming. She also talks about the growing momentum within the international development community toward mitigating these risks that includes the newly-launched Global Partnership for Oceans.
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Disruptive Innovation - An Approach Based on Real Needs

Instead of crowdsourcing ideas on innovation, the World Bank is prototyping a unique approach in Indonesia that tries to learn the challenges linked to energy in rural communities in order to radically alter the incumbent technology.
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How to Make Buildings More Energy Efficient?

With help from the World Bank Institute (WBI), capacity building efforts are underway to improve energy efficiency programs especially in the Balkans, where energy efficiency measures can reduce energy costs in public buildings by 40 percent.
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Apps for climate: Encouraging innovation through competition

Timothy Herzog blogs about 'Apps for climate,' an innovation contest currently underway and running through March, 2012.
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East Asia’s Urban Dwellers Speak Out on Living with Floods

Floods, the most frequent among all natural disasters, are on the increase worldwide. The fast-growing cities of East Asia are particularly vulnerable, with risks on the rise from rapid urbanization, population growth and climate change, says a new World Bank report
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