The World Bank warns of a 4°C global average temperature increase by the end of the century. This shall result in extreme heat waves and life-threatening rise in sea level

World Bank, 18 November 2012 – The World Bank publishes a Alarming Report on Climate Change. This report states that it’s more urgent than ever before to limit the increasing risks of global warming. Such an increase would cause extreme heat waves and life-threatening increase of sea level. Moreover, the deleterious effects of global warming would be more devastating for a good number of the poorest regions of the planet and may inhibit development efforts and objectives.

docs/doc_intern/GT COMIFAC/GTG/BM-feature-img-4deg-180.jpg The World Bank is planning to provide more support to initiatives focused on mitigation and adaptation, as well as on a “green and inclusive growth” and a “climate-friendly development”.

Stressing the relevance of the report, the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim declares: “We can and we must avoid a 4-degree increase. Global warming should be limited to 2 degrees, says Jim Yong Kim, the President of the World Bank Group. If we do not fight global warming effectively enough, we run the risk of handing down to our children a world totally different from what we have today. Climate change is one of the major obstacles to development efforts and we are morally responsible for safeguarding the welfare of future generations, especially that of the poorest.”

This report is based on a survey entitled "Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided” « Baissons la chaleur: and was prepared fort he World Bank by the Potsdam Institute Climate Impact Research (PIK) and by Climate Analytics. It falls in line with the Strategic Framework for development and climate change developed by the World Bank in 2008 and its World Development Report 2010 on climate change.

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Executive Summary (all pdfs)

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