Africa - Making Development Climate Resilient : A World Bank Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa

This strategy for making development Climate-Resilient in Sub-Saharan Africa is the World Bank's operational response to climate variability and change on the continent. Grounded in a climate risk review of the Africa Region's sustainable development portfolio, it adds the climate change dimension to the Region's development strategy and business plan, the Africa Action Plan (AAP, 2009-2012), and will be an integral part of the AAP in the future. The AAP and the climate change strategy are a sound and realistic framework for climate-resilient development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The strategy is based on the premise that increased climate variability threatens the development gains of African countries, and that these effects need to be anticipated so that development efforts can be made more resilient to climate change. Climate has always featured prominently in African development, and people across the continent have been living with and adapting to a high degree of climate variability and its associated risks for many centuries. Yet the accelerated changes in the climate and increasing incidence of climatic disasters (floods, droughts, cyclones) during the last century, and the scientific consensus that Africa is the continent most vulnerable and least able to cope with these changes, have brought these risks into sharper focus, and made the need to address them more urgent.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009-10-30
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCING, AIR, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT, ANNUAL EMISSION, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOMASS, CAPITAL COST, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON EMISSION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON ENERGY, CARBON FERTILIZATION, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON FOOTPRINT, CARBON IN SOILS, CARBON MARKET, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY, CLEAN ENERGY, CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE DISASTERS, CLIMATE INFORMATION, CLIMATE INVESTMENT, CLIMATE MODELING, CLIMATE POLICY, CLIMATE PREDICTION, CLIMATE PREDICTIONS, CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE RESEARCH, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CLIMATE RISK, CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT, CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE TRENDS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE VARIATIONS, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLIMATE-PROOF, CLIMATE-SENSITIVE SECTORS, CLIMATES, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CLIMATIC DISASTERS, CLIMATIC PROFILE, CLIMATIC RISKS, CLIMATIC SHOCKS, CLIMATIC VARIATIONS, CO, CO2, COAL, CROP INSURANCE, CROP RESIDUE, CRU, CYCLONES, DAMAGES, DEFORESTATION, DESERTIFICATION, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMIC SECTORS, ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOSYSTEM, EL NINO, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMISSION OF CARBON, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY USE, EROSION CONTROL, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME HEAT EVENTS, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FLOODS, FOREST CARBON, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST INDUSTRY, FOREST INVESTMENT, FOREST LAW, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GAS FLARING, GCM, GENERATION CAPACITY, GHG, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS, HYDROLOGY, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY, IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INSURANCE, INSURANCE MECHANISMS, INSURANCE PRODUCTS, INSURANCE SCHEME, INSURANCE SCHEMES, INTENSE RAINFALL, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS, INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, IPCC, LAKES, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND-USE CHANGE, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LOCAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, LOW-CARBON, METEOROLOGICAL DATA, METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS, METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NITROGEN, NOX, NUTRIENTS, OIL PRICES, ORGANIC MATTER, OXIDES, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY MAKERS, PORTFOLIO, POWER GENERATION, PUBLIC SPENDING, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RAINFALL VARIABILITY, RAINWATER, REFLECTIVITY, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, REGIONAL CLIMATES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEASON, SHADOW PRICE, SOIL CARBON, SOLAR POWER, SURFACE REFLECTIVITY, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE CHANGE, TEMPERATURES, THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TRANSPORT SECTOR, UNCERTAINTIES, UNEP, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER CYCLE, WEATHER INSURANCE, WIND, WIND POWER, WMO, WOOD FUEL,
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