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Supporting Countries to Integrate Climate and Development

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The new World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan is a major push to further integrate climate and development on a number of fronts, particularly through the new Country Climate and Development Reports which will inform engagements with our clients. Join a chat with Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Managing Director of Operations, and global climate leaders on how integrating climate and development can boost a country's resilience strategy.

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00:00 Welcome! COP26: Supporting Countries to Integrate Climate and Development
03:00 Egypt: Country Climate Development Report as a helpful tool
05:11 Egypt's efforts in tackling both climate and economic development
08:18 The role of the private sector in Egypt
09:58 Closing remarks and transition to the second conversation
11:52 Nature-based solutions in Malawi's climate strategy
15:17 Turkey and its longer term goals towards net-zero
17:31 Supporting Malawi’s climate resilience strategy
24:19 Energy transitions in Turkey
26:09 Final remarks on integrating climate and development

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Speakers

Axel van Trotsenburg

Senior Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank

@AxelVT_WB
Nancy Tembo

Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Republic of Malawi

@nancygtembo
Yasmine Fouad

Minister of Environment, Arabic Republic of Egypt

@EGY_Environment
Serhat Köksal

Director, Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Finance, Turkey

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Donna Barne

Join us at 4:45 pm Glasgow time for a conversation between World Bank Group President David Malpass and Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters on how finance can be scaled up for transformational climate projects. You can also follow the even on Twitter with #ClimateActionWBG.

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 12:25

Donna Barne

Join us at 6 pm, Glasgow time, for a discussion with World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg on how integrating climate and development can boost resilience.

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 12:46

Donna Barne

Welcome to "Scaling Transformative Finance for Transformative Climate Projects" featuring World Bank Group President David Malpass and Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters. We will begin soon.

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 12:58

Donna Barne

We just published a COP26 Climate Brief on Scaling Finance for Transformational Climate Projects. Check it out.

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 13:00

Donna Barne

David Malpass and Bill Winters are discussing how carbon markets can help finance projects in developing countries.

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 13:07

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