Speech at the Official Launch of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat, Songdo, Korea, December 4, 2013
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, called this an extremely important day. Man-made climate change is real and is having a significant impact-- an increasing impact. We are convinced that there is no way that we will be able to end po...
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| Format: | Speech |
| Language: | English en_US |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25871569/speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-green-climate-fund-secretariat-launch-songdo-korea-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24342 |
| Summary: | Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, called this an extremely important day.
Man-made climate change is real and is having a significant impact--
an increasing impact. We are convinced
that there is no way that we will be able to end poverty
by 2030, without tackling climate change in the most serious manner.
He praised the Green Climate Fund as a source of enormous
optimism and hope in the fight against climate change, and
said the Fund was an "historic opportunity" to
protect future generations. |
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