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Extreme weather events are known to have serious consequences for human health and are predicted to increase in frequency as a result of climate change. Africa is one of the regions that risks being most seriously affected. This analytical report quantifies the impact of extreme rainfall and temperature events on the incidence of diarrhea, malnutrition and mortality in young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This technical document aims at defining, gathering, and disseminating international statistics based on the World Development Indicators 2009. This edition focuses on urban areas and the environment, exploring how cities and climate change are affecting the way we live and how good public policies can improve prospects for future generations.

This analytical report details progress on clean energy development and diffusion. More specifically it focuses on the efforts the WBG is making to work in partnership with the private sector to leverage its resources, since the WBG, despite being one of the largest multilateral development bank lenders for energy, can meet only a small part of the investment needed. Consequently, as the WBG continues to grow its energy investments in absolute terms, it increasingly sees its role as a catalyst in working with  client countries and the private sector to increase the available resources.

This activity report illustrates MIGA’s contribution to reduce the adverse impact of climate change by focusing on supporting green infrastructure investments in developing countries which build renewable energy capacity, encourage resource conservation and distribution efficiency, improve sanitation, and off-set greenhouse gas emissions.

This analytical report introduces how the IFC contributes to address climate change. Tackling climate change in developing countries is one of the World Bank Group’s priorities. As the private sector member of the World Bank Group, IFC is helping private companies identify business risks associated with climate change as well as business opportunities. IFC provides its client companies with expert advice on reducing, managing, and mitigating the impacts of climate change on their businesses and on investing in sustainable energy and carbon finance.

This activity report presents the International Finance Corporation (IFC) approach to climate change and how this concern is incorporated in its projects and investments. Climate change is one of IFC’s strategic pillars and a core element of sustainability. The Corporation considers climate change implications in all its investments through requirements to quantify its carbon footprint, discusses best available technologies and explores opportunities for carbon offsets. Over the next three fiscal years (FY09-11), IFC has committed to increase lending for clean energy by two to three times.

This activity report explains how the International Finance Corporation tracks renewable energy and energy investments, introducing basic definitions and methodologies.

This analytical report analyses how climate change can affect the poorest countries and how the World Bank and IDA can provide funding and help to developing countries to adapt to the changes that will occur.

This publication brings together the collective knowledge about water resources management acquired both within the World Bank water team and with counterparts working in the Arab countries of North Africa and the Middle East (MNA). The book deals with topics as diverse as impacts of climate change on irrigation and desalination and the art of water diplomacy.

Three winners of the 2009 International Essay Competition were selected during the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in Seoul, Korea. The sixth edition of the competition focusing on the theme of climate change attracted 2,469 submissions from over 150 countries.

This technical report is the first institution-wide strategic document to guide WBG’s work on advancing development outcomes in the new reality of a changing climate. The Strategic Framework confirms the World Bank Group’s mission of helping nations to overcome poverty and facilitate sustainable growth in the face of new development challenges posed by global climate change.

This policy document is the official, published version of the report which serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change.

This policy document was prepared by the staff of the World Bank and submitted to the Development Committee at the 2008 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. It introduces a Strategic Framework for the World Bank Group on development and climate change. This Framework serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change. Unabated, climate change threatens to reverse hard-earned development gains.

This activity report refers to a global multi-stakeholder consultation that was undertaken between April and September 2008 to draft a Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development for the World Bank Group in an inclusive and transparent way. The report covers summaries for Phase I and Phase II of the consultations. Also available in Portuguese.

This is a communiqué from the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the transfer of real resources to developing countries. A great concern is the impact of the turmoil in world financial markets and the continued high prices of fuel and food. 

This policy document highlights the World Bank Group’s overall objectives and main action under the new Strategic Framework. The Strategic Framework serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change. Climate change demands unprecedented global cooperation involving a concerted action by countries at different development stages supported by “measurable, reportable and verifiable” transfer of finance and technology from developed to developing countries.

This video shows how the Philippines’ extensive coastal areas are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as flooding, sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion. The video is in Filipino language with English subtitles.

This activity report presents the Strategic Framework that guides the Bank Group’s operational response to new development challenges posed by climate change within the principles, policies, and directions of the UNFCCC process. Since the framework was adopted, the WBG, building on significant previous experience, has rapidly expanded its climate change related work and collaborative partnerships with developing country governments and other stakeholders. This paper highlights several new initiatives and trends; a comprehensive progress report on the implementation of the framework is planned.

This analytical report analyses CO2 emission growth over time and finds out which countries are contributing the most. This report provides comparative data on a number of measures of emissions for a wide range of countries, allowing comparisons to be made among the different measures.

This analytical report is a guide to help local governments in East Asia better understand the concepts of climate change; how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities; and what is being done by cities in the region and worldwide to learn, build capacity, and invest capital to promote sustainable, resilient communities.