This Regional Western Balkans Countries Climate and Development Report (CCDR) stands out in several ways. In a region that often lacks cohesive regional alliances, this report emphasizes how the challenges faced across countries are often common and interconnected, and, importantly, that climate action requires coordination on multiple fronts. Simultaneously, it illustrates the differences across countries, places, and people that require targeted strategies and interventions. This report demonstrates how shocks and stressors re intensifying and how investments in adaptation could bring significant benefits in the form of avoided losses, accelerated economic potential, and amplified social and economic spillovers. Given the region’s high emission and energy intensity and the limitations of its current fossil fuel-based development model, the report articulates a path to greener and more resilient growth, a path that is more consistent with the aspiration of accession to the EU. The report finds that the net zero transition can be undertaken without compromising the economic potential of the Western Balkans and that it could lead to higher growth than under the Reference Scenario (RS) with appropriate structural reforms.
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- Associated content
- Press Release
- Citation
- “ World Bank Group . 2024 . Western Balkans 6 Country Climate and Development Report . CCDR Series . © Washington, DC: World Bank Group . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41881 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1596/41881
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34364923
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34364923
- Pages
- 13
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- United States of America
- Region country
- Albania
- RelationisPartofseries
- CCDR Series
- Report
- 192577
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
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- World Bank Group
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
- UNIT
- ECA Regional Director (SCADR)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41881
- date disclosure
- 2024-07-16
- region administrative
- Europe and Central Asia
- theme
- Social Safety Nets,Mitigation,Job Creation,Human Development and Gender,Economic Policy,Skills Development,Green Growth,Social Protection,Social Development and Protection,Economic Growth and Planning,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Private Sector Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Active Labor Market Programs,Environmental policies and institutions,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Jobs,Adaptation,Flood and Drought Risk Management,Macroeconomic & Structural Policy Modelling,Disaster Risk Management