Adapting to Climate Change : Assessing World Bank Group Experience--Phase III of the World Bank Group and Climate Change

This paper constitutes the third and final volume of a series of assessments of the World Bank Group's engagement with climate change issues. The first focused on World Bank involvement in policy issues related to greenhouse gas mitigation. It was mainly concerned with the potential for energy...

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Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	Adaptation Benefits Adaptation Efforts Adaptation Projects Adaptation to Climate Adaptation to Climate Variability Adapting Adaptive management adverse climate adverse effects adverse effects of climate change afforestation agricultural insurance Agriculture allocation altitude anthropogenic climate change Anticipating climate change atmosphere atmospheric concentration Basins Biodiversity Biodiversity Conservation Carbon Carbon dioxide Carbon Finance carbon storage Case Studies catastrophic events Clean Energy Climate CLIMATE ADAPTATION Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation climate change forecasts Climate Change Fund climate change impacts climate change issues climate change mitigation climate change risks climate conditions Climate Data climate extremes climate goals climate impacts Climate Investment climate mitigation climate modeling Climate Models climate outcomes climate patterns Climate Resilience Climate Risk Climate Risk Management Climate risk screening climate risks climate science climate scientists climate sensitive climate stress climate system climate trends Climate Variability climate vulnerability climate-proof climate-related disaster climate-related risks climatic conditions climatic stimuli Co CO2 Coast coastal areas Coastal zone Coastal zone management Coastal Zones consequences of climate change Conservation convergence cost-benefit cost-benefit analysis crops cyclones damages dams dikes disaster prevention Disaster Relief Disaster Risk Disaster Risk Management Disaster Risk Reduction Disasters discount rates donor community Drought Drought Mitigation economic growth ecosystem emission emission scenarios Emissions Emissions from Deforestation energy efficiency energy infrastructure energy price energy use erosion estuaries evaporation Evapotranspiration extreme climate events Extreme Climatic Events extreme events extreme precipitation extreme weather feasibility financial products financial resources Financial Risk Financial Risk Management financial support financial sustainability fisheries Flood flood control flood mitigation Flood Risk flooding Floods Forest Forest Carbon forestry forests Framework Convention on Climate Change future climate change GCM General Circulation Model geographic areas Geographic Information Geographic Information System glacial lake glacial lake outburst Global Climate Global Climate Change Global Climate Model global climate system Global Environment Facility greenhouse greenhouse gas greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gas mitigation greenhouse gases groundwater groundwater recharge household consumption human activity hydrological data hydrology impacts from climate change Impacts of Climate Change income Insurance Schemes Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change investment decisions IPCC land management Land Use land use change land uses Livestock Insurance long-term climate change mangroves marine resources meteorology micro-insurance Mitigation National Climate natural climate variability oil production parks performance standards plantation Portfolio Precipitation precipitation events precipitation patterns rain rainfall rate of climate change reduced groundwater remote sensing reservoirs risks from climate change River satellite data sea ice sea level rise storm surge storm surges Storms temperature temperature extremes total damages tropical cyclone tropical forests uncertainties vegetation vulnerability to climate change vulnerability to climate variability Watershed Watershed Management waves wetlands wind wind speed wind speeds
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