Speech at the Official Launch of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat, Songdo, Korea, December 4, 2013 [electronic resource] / Jim Yong Kim.
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TextSeries: Speeches of World Bank Presidents | World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2013Description: 1 online resource (1 p.)Subject(s): Carbon Taxes | Climate | Climate Change | Climate Change Economics | Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases | Coral Reefs | Emissions | Energy | Energy Efficiency | Environment | Extreme Weather Events | Finance | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth | Poverty Reduction | Pro-Poor Growth | Renewable Energy | Risk Management | Science and Technology Development | Science of Climate ChangeOnline resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, called this an extremely important day. Man-made climate change is real and is having a significant impact-- an increasing impact. We are convinced that there is no way that we will be able to end poverty by 2030, without tackling climate change in the most serious manner. He praised the Green Climate Fund as a source of enormous optimism and hope in the fight against climate change, and said the Fund was an "historic opportunity" to protect future generations.
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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, called this an extremely important day. Man-made climate change is real and is having a significant impact-- an increasing impact. We are convinced that there is no way that we will be able to end poverty by 2030, without tackling climate change in the most serious manner. He praised the Green Climate Fund as a source of enormous optimism and hope in the fight against climate change, and said the Fund was an "historic opportunity" to protect future generations.
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