Climate change is expected to hit developing countries the hardest. Its effects—higher temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent weather-related disasters—pose risks for agriculture, food, and water supplies. At stake are recent gains in the fight against poverty, hunger and disease, and the lives and livelihoods of billions of people in developing countries. Read More »
Data
The World Bank Group assembles and shares data to help set baselines for climate change, identify effective public and private actions in adaptation and mitigation, monitor progress on goals and targets, and evaluate impacts. Access to high quality, timely data is central to facing the challenges of climate change.
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Climate Change Data Portal
The World Bank Climate Change Portal is intended to provide quick and readily accessible climate and climate-related data to policy makers and development practitioners. The site also includes a mapping visualization tool displaysing key climate variables data as well as a screening tool for assessing development projects for sensitivities to climate change.
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Climate Change
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