Agreed. See our recent piece showing how global freshwater reserves have significantly declined over the past two decades, leading to the emergence of mega-drying regions.

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Moderated by @hallegatte.bsky.social of the World Bank, the conversation included voices from Zambia, Pakistan and Moldova - our country of operation - we were pleased to see Secretary of State Aliona Rusnac join the dialogue.

And if you attend COP30, see here the events we organize, including the CCDR Summary launch tomorrow

And find all the individual CCDRs here: www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

Read the full report here: www.worldbank.org/en/topic/cli...

However, while the aggregate effect is expected to be small, countries need to prepare for significant sectoral and regional shifts. The report highlights measures to reduce five frictions that prevent workers to adjust to a rapidly changing labor market: skills, space, time, norms, and wages.

At the same time, the shift to low-emission development pathways, with emissions reduced by 71 percent by 2050, would have a small and most of the time positive impacts on GDP and labor income.

Key highlights include that climate adaptation could yield labor income benefits equivalent to 150 million jobs by 2050, a combination of new jobs created by investments in infrastructure or nature-based solution and jobs that are protected from negative shocks and impacts.

On the same topic, see our note on climate cobenefits: blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatech...

Indeed! blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatech...

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Congratulations to Bina! A well deserved award: her research has been and will continue to be very influential in India and beyond!

CCDRs now cover 72 economies, each with its own modeling, and their preparation include the iterative aspects mentioned in the paper, both across disciplines (eg energy and macro) and btw modelers and decision makers.

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