This report is structured into three main parts, covering both new content and confirming key conclusions of the first two summary reports. First, it summarizes CCDR findings on the impacts of climate change on people and explores how putting people at the core of climate-development policies enhances their effectiveness and generates larger benefits. Next, it explores how people's vulnerability and ability to transition toward resilient, low-emission development depend on key infrastructure systems, the energy, water, transport, and digital sectors, and highlights the potential benefits of green value chains and green minerals. Finally, it summarizes key conclusions on macroeconomic impacts, with a focus on the diversity of impacts across countries and the large investment needs, especially in lower-income countries. These findings confirm that, even with optimistic adaptation outcomes, large residual risks make GHG emission reductions urgent. The CCDRs illustrate how low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs) can contribute to this global objective without compromising on development progress and poverty reduction, with well-designed policies and enhanced support from higher-income countries.
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/11/11
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- People in a Changing Climate : From Vulnerability to Action - Insights from World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Reports Covering 72 Economies
- Pages
- 55
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Global Support To Ccdrs -- P507074
- Unit Owning
- Planet-CCG Finance&Economics (SCCFE)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- Acronyms 4
- 1. Introduction 5
- 2. People are at the center of climate change risks, but also at the core of adaptation and mitigation solutions 8
- 2.1. Climate change affects people, their economic prospects, and their well-being 9
- 2.2. Investing in people is a key part of making them resilient and better able to adapt 12
- 2.3. Making health care, education, and other infrastructure systems more resilient to natural hazards and climate change risks is a high priority 15
- 2.4. People-centric climate policies can minimize the cost of—and maximize the benefits from—the transition toward low-emission development 16
- 2.5. Community and locally led action can help address different climate vulnerabilities and exposures and improves economic inclusion 18
- 3. People’s resilience and low-emission development require urgent action in key sectors 20
- 3.1. The power sector is important for resilience and low-emission development 20
- 3.2. Climate impacts on people are often mediated by water and water infrastructure 22
- 3.3. Transport infrastructure is at the core of resilient and low-emission development 26
- 3.4. Digital technologies will play an enabling role in resilience, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, but have their own vulnerability 30
- 3.5. Rapid urbanization offers a unique opportunity to build resilient, low-emission cities that contribute to more rapid growth 30
- 3.6. Green value chains offer opportunities for growth, innovation, and job creation 33
- 4. Outcomes for people will depend on macroeconomic effects and aggregate risks and opportunities 37
- 4.1. Countries face different levels and types of climate risk, and adaptation priorities differ across countries 37
- 4.2. Short-term economic growth in low-emission development scenarios can be similar to, or faster than, in the reference scenarios 39
- 4.3. Small islands face a unique set of challenges due to climate change, exceptional levels of climate risk, and unique energy and economic contexts 42
- 4.4. Investment in resilient low-emission scenarios and climate finance 46
- 5. Conclusion and next steps 53
