Managing Climate Risk. Integrating Adaptation into World Bank Group Operations

摘要: Climate change is already taking place, and further changes are inevitable. Developing countries, particularly the poorest people in these most at risk. The impacts result not only from gradual temperature sea level but also, particular, increased climate variability extremes, including more intense floods, droughts, storms. These having major on economic performance of developing countries lives livelihoods millions poor around world. thus directly affects World Bank Group's mission eradicating poverty. It also puts risk many projects a wide range sectors, infrastructure, agriculture, human health, water resources, environment. risks include physical threats to investments, potential underperformance, possibility that will indirectly contribute rising vulnerability by, for example, triggering investment settlement high-risk areas. way address concerns separate adaptation other priorities integrate comprehensive management into development planning, programs, projects. While there great need heighten awareness work, large body experience climatemore » available, analytical country dialogues, growing number This operational highlights general ingredients successful integration mainstream agenda: getting right sectoral departments senior policy makers involved; incorporating planning; engaging nongovernmental actors (businesses, organizations, communities, so on); giving attention regulatory issues; choosing strategies pay off immediately under current conditions. There several ways which Group can continue helping its clients better manage poverty reduction sustainable development: Integrating project cycle, by adopting early identification (for instance applying quick simple risk-screening tool) following up throughout design process if necessary. sector especially sectors vulnerable. Enhancing internal support coordination expanding work capacity cross-support Global Change Team Hazard Management Unit actively activities within regional departments. Supporting establishment proper financing mechanisms adaptation, using, Investment Framework Clean Energy Development. New funding created United Nations Convention (UNFCCC) being made Environment Facility (GEF), as well Kyoto Protocol, should be used leverage maximum results Bank's broad investments. By enhancing management, able and, same time, make investments resilient extreme weather events. In way, guard changing improve impact efforts now.« less