Africa's workforce is set to become the world's largest. Access to modern power can transform the region into an economic powerhouse.
Learn more about Mission 300 & how we're #PoweringAfrica at The Africa Energy Summit.
Watch live Jan 27-28: https://t.co/EHSElMfy82
💡 #ACempowerME asked: What are the main implications of the decision on global stocktake at #COP28 on #MENA countries in particular? @WBG_Climate’s @Qabany weighs in...
For the full quote, check out #ACempowerME’s newsletter: ➡️ https://t.co/PIjehR61Az
The second @WorldBank’s #CCDR summary report is out, covering 42 economies.
We face a triple development, climate, and nature crisis. Beyond grim headlines, there are clear opportunities to achieve development and climate double wins. #LivablePlanet
https://t.co/iVi7gxEBov
🏙️🌍 Africa's growing cities are highly vulnerable to droughts, extreme heat events, and floods.
🤝Join us tomorrow at #ACW23 to learn about the partnerships working to catalyze finance for urban resilience across the continent.
📺Tune in:: https://t.co/ZNrwbiUf7i
🏙 By 2050, Africa's urban population will exceed 1.2 billion.
🌍 Join us next Thursday at #AfricaClimateWeek to find out how community voices & global partnerships can build a climate-resilient future for Africa's growing cities.
📍 Aberdares Hall, KICC
📅15:30 - 16:45 (EAT)
#ACempowerME asked: With COP28 being just 6 months away from now, what can MENA businesses and government leaders do to promote the sustainability agenda in MENA? @WBG_Climate’s @Qabany weighs in...
For the full quote, check out #ACempowerME’s newsletter! https://t.co/7PQwaCWwli
LIVE from #COP27
Join @DavidMalpassWBG and @AyatSoliman7 live from Sharm El-Sheik for a readout of the @WorldBank Group’s engagements at COP27 and key priorities. #ClimateActionWBG https://t.co/HA3wK4XEQe
مجموعة البنك الدولي شاركت في فعاليات منتدى مصر للتعاون الدولي #EgyptICF. تجمع هام قبل كوب 27. حان الوقت للعمل معا وحشد قوانا لمواجهة التغير المناخي وتوفير التمويل لتحسين معيشة المواطنين. @MOICEgypt @Cop27P@EGY_Environment@MIGA
Excellent first day of @MOICEgypt’s #EgyptICF. Climate action benefits citizens & economies and is vital for development. Achieving Egypt’s targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency will reduce air pollution and create many new #green jobs. @Cop27p
The World Bank Group delivered a record $31.7 billion in fiscal year 2022 (FY22) to help countries address climate change. https://t.co/OjcF3w6jov via @WBG_Climate
#DidYouKnow: The @WorldBank is developing innovative analytics to help countries connect their development & climate agendas.
See more facts about our work on climate: https://t.co/GZHZlu9fbd
Less than 4% of global emissions are covered by a direct carbon price in the range needed by 2030 to meet the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. New Report: https://t.co/6S4yvk1M66 #PriceOnCarbon
"The Trade and Climate Change Nexus" focuses on the impacts of #ClimateChange in developing countries and on how future #trade opportunities will be affected by both the changing climate and the policy responses to address it. #MustReads2021
👉Download: https://t.co/jnFKEUpNgH
“We used to call them the ‘most vulnerable communities.’ I don’t say that anymore. I call them the first adapters. They’re the adapting to the realities of #climatechange as we speak.” @SaleemulHuq@ICCCAD#COP26
Any DFIs, any public banks within @FinanceInCommon, indeed any private banks thinking about alignment with the #ParisAgreement, should start with the MDB methodology published today... https://t.co/WkJw25ka5X
“Tackling climate change is urgent, and our approach translates ambition into action.”
Read @DavidMalpassWBG’s blog on the @WorldBank Group’s @COP26 Climate Briefs here: https://t.co/dmqFnPfArZ #ClimateActionWBG
By 2050, millions of people could be compelled to move within their countries because of:
💧Water scarcity
🌽Declining crop productivity
🌊Sea level rise
Report: https://t.co/JYADaZSjKC #Groundswell#ClimateStories_WBG
In #Egypt, the eastern and western portions of the Nile Delta could become out-migration hotspots due to both declining water availability and sea-level rise. #Groundswell report looks at how internal climate migration will affect countries: https://t.co/82lgFLR8jp