World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025: South Asia Roadmap

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World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025: South Asia Roadmap

dc.contributor.author	World Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-01T15:33:20Z
dc.date.available	2021-10-01T15:33:20Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10-05
dc.description.abstract	South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. The people of South Asia are living through a "new climate normal," where intensifying heat waves, cyclones, droughts, and floods are testing the limits of governments, businesses, and citizens to adapt. Jacobabad in Pakistan's Sindh province was, this year, the hottest city on the planet with temperatures higher than the human body can handle. In 2020, more than three million people were evacuated to safety from the fury of Super Cyclone Amphan. At the same time, South Asia has an unfinished development agenda with legitimate aspirations to reach middle income status in the foreseeable future, which will include increasing access to energy, increasing rural incomes and managing large scale urbanization, among others. The success with which South Asian countries navigate these development transitions, while also reducing emissions and increasing climate resilience, will determine the region's ability to lift millions from the threat of poverty and vulnerability, and help the world to secure the overall climate transition.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/36321
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36321
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	WORLD BANK GROUP STRATEGY
dc.subject	WORLD BANK GROUP PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RESILIENT NATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESILIENCE
dc.subject	RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	CLEAN ENERGY
dc.title	World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025	en
dc.title.subtitle	South Asia Roadmap	en
dc.type	Strategy Document	en
dc.type	Document de stratégie	fr
dc.type	Documento de estrategia	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2021-10-05
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-25T14:14:10.109508Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.guid	262891632949399367
okr.identifier.report	164599
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	Bangladesh
okr.region.country	Bhutan
okr.region.country	India
okr.region.country	Maldives
okr.region.country	Nepal
okr.region.country	Pakistan
okr.region.country	Sri Lanka
okr.region.geographical	South Asia
okr.topic	Environment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change and Environment
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topic	Environment::Natural Resources Management
okr.topic	Environment::Sustainable Land Management
okr.topic	Environment::Water Resources Management
okr.unit	SAR