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Climate Change Represents Real, Present Danger / Jim Yong Kim.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Jim Yong.
- Series:
- Speeches of World Bank Presidents
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adaptation.
- Adaptation to Climate Change.
- Climate.
- Climate Change.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Disasters.
- Environment.
- Environmental Disasters & Degradation.
- Extreme Weather Events.
- Finance.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Floods.
- Insurance & Risk Mitigation.
- Natural Disasters.
- Precipitation.
- Risk.
- Risk Management.
- Science and Technology Development.
- Science of Climate Change.
- Local Subjects:
- Adaptation.
- Adaptation to Climate Change.
- Climate.
- Climate Change.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Disasters.
- Environment.
- Environmental Disasters & Degradation.
- Extreme Weather Events.
- Finance.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Floods.
- Insurance & Risk Mitigation.
- Natural Disasters.
- Precipitation.
- Risk.
- Risk Management.
- Science and Technology Development.
- Science of Climate Change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2013.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, pointed to the serious consequences to global economic outlook of failing to tackle the challenges of climate change. He remarked that the risks associated with climate change could threaten international peace and security. The Bank is stepping up mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk management work.
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