Monday, April 11, 2016
World Bank's New Climate Action Plan
According to an April 7, 2016 news release, the World Bank announced its new Climate Change Action Plan that will "help developing countries add 30 gigawatts of renewable energy – enough
to power 150 million homes – to the world’s energy capacity, bring early
warning systems to 100 million people and develop climate-smart
agriculture investment plans for at least 40 countries – all by 2020." The plan focuses on helping countries develop national policies and leverage private sector investment. Instead of a one-size-fits all plan, it stress differentiated actions and supports according to the point a country is starting from and its emission levels.