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Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty
November 8, 2015 — A new World Bank report shows that climate change is an acute threat to poorer people across the world, with the power to push more than 100 million people back into poverty over the next fifteen years. Read More ?
September 20, 2015 — New report shows the number of implemented or planned carbon pricing schemes around the world has almost doubled since 2012, with existing schemes now worth about $50 billion.
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Where Does the World Stand in Reaching Sustainable Energy Objectives?
May 18, 2015 — Sustainable energy can become a reality for everyone by 2030 if countries dramatically accelerate their efforts and have access to the latest technology and additional investments, a new report says. Read More ?
May 20, 2015 — A report led by the World Bank Group for the Climate and Clean Air Coalition finds that funds are available to support activities to cut black carbon emissions and outlines key strategies to scale up that finance over time.
November 23, 2014 — The new "Turn Down the Heat" report finds that warming of close to 1.5°C is already locked into the Earth’s atmospheric system, and that it will mean more severe droughts, global sea level rise, and higher costs of adaptation for millions of people.
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Cover of Shock Waves : Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty

Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together.

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Xueman Wang, team leader for the World Bank's Partnership for Market Readiness

Xueman Wang

Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, 木瓜影院
Christophe Crepin, sector leader of the social, environmental and rural development unit in the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank.

Christophe Crepin

Sector Leader, Social, Environmental and Rural Development unit, East Asia and Pacific region, 木瓜影院
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This report takes stock of existing innovative mechanisms to mobilize private capital for inclusive green growth investments and ways to scale them up.