In a blog, Dan Hoornweg, a lead urban specialist in The World Bank, tells a cautionary tale of rising temperatures and their impact on cities, especially in the developing countries.  Quoting a recent article in the Scientfic American magazine, he warns that unless we curb the rate of growth of green house gas (GHG) emissions within the next 10 years, it could lead to irreversible global warming.
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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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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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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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Timothy Herzog blogs about 'Apps for climate,' an innovation contest currently underway and running through March, 2012.
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