Remarks at the Climate Action Summit 2016

Remarks at the Climate Action Summit 2016

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the need to tackle climate change. What we need to do now is build unprecedented political action to fulfill the promises. He mentioned that climate volatility in places like the Sahel in Africa contribute to instability and fragility. He no...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
VOLATILITY
WATER SCARCITY
FLOODS
CLIMATE ACTION
CARBON PRICING
RENEWABLE ENERGY
TRANSPORT
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
PARIS AGREEMENT
POLITICAL COMMITMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/890461536675988861/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-Climate-Action-Summit-2016
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spelling okr-10986-311002021-05-25T09:18:19Z Remarks at the Climate Action Summit 2016 Kim, Jim Yong CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE IMPACT VOLATILITY WATER SCARCITY FLOODS CLIMATE ACTION CARBON PRICING RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORT SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PARIS AGREEMENT POLITICAL COMMITMENT Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the need to tackle climate change. What we need to do now is build unprecedented political action to fulfill the promises. He mentioned that climate volatility in places like the Sahel in Africa contribute to instability and fragility. He noted how renewable energy is replacing coal. He outlined the main principles of a plan to transform the world’s transport systems—calling it “sustainable mobility for all.” He harkened the need for “fierce urgency of now.” 2019-01-04T16:58:55Z 2019-01-04T16:58:55Z 2016-05-05 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/890461536675988861/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-Climate-Action-Summit-2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31100 English Delivered at Washington, DC, May 5, 2016; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech
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topic CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
VOLATILITY
WATER SCARCITY
FLOODS
CLIMATE ACTION
CARBON PRICING
RENEWABLE ENERGY
TRANSPORT
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
PARIS AGREEMENT
POLITICAL COMMITMENT
spellingShingle CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
VOLATILITY
WATER SCARCITY
FLOODS
CLIMATE ACTION
CARBON PRICING
RENEWABLE ENERGY
TRANSPORT
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
PARIS AGREEMENT
POLITICAL COMMITMENT
Kim, Jim Yong
Remarks at the Climate Action Summit 2016
relation Delivered at Washington, DC, May 5, 2016;
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the need to tackle climate change. What we need to do now is build unprecedented political action to fulfill the promises. He mentioned that climate volatility in places like the Sahel in Africa contribute to instability and fragility. He noted how renewable energy is replacing coal. He outlined the main principles of a plan to transform the world’s transport systems—calling it “sustainable mobility for all.” He harkened the need for “fierce urgency of now.”
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