19/06/2013 - Today, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim in London launched a new report by scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics: "Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience".
On this issue, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and lead author of the new report:
"Vulnerable regions are the places where the climate rubber meets the road. We developed narratives of severe risks for Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South East Asia which will have to be taken into account for further planning in these regions. It becomes ever more evident that climate policy and development policy are no contradiction but go hand in hand."
Weblink to the report: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/ WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/06/14/000445729_20130614145941/Rendered /PDF/784240WP0Full00D0CONF0to0June19090L.pdf
Weblink to World Bank information: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/06/19/warmer-world- will-keep-millions-of-people-trapped-in-poverty-says-new-report
Infographic: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/06/19/ Infographic-Climate-Change-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-South-Asia-South-East-Asia
