Hello everyone, and welcome to the Human Face of Human Capital. We'll start the event in a few minutes. Please stay tuned and feel free to share your thoughts.
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You can join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #ClimateActionWBG & #InvestinPeople
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While we wait for the event to begin, learn more about our new brief, Delivering for People and the Planet: Human Capital, Gender and Climate Change, which was just published.
The study analyzes the challenge, what is needed, how the World Bank Group is contributing to solutions – and what success could look like.
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You may find the brief here: https://documents1.worldbank.org/... (pdf)
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Welcome everyone! I’m Joe Qian with the World Bank, and I will be live blogging this event.
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Listed on this page toward the bottom, you can see the speakers participating in today’s discussion.
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The event will begin with introductory remarks from Mari Pangestu, World Bank Managing Director Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank
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You may find further thoughts by Managing Director Pangestu in her recently published blog, the Human Face of Climate Change: https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/human-face-climate-change
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Under the moderation of Time Magazine’s Senior Climate Correspondent Justin Worland – we are joined by the Honorable Nancy Tembo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi, Kathy Baughman Mcleod, Senior Vice President of the Atlantic Council, and Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute – London School of Economics.
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The esteemed panelists are sharing their thoughts on protecting people, and building adaptive capacity to respond to climate change.
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Join the conversation on Twitter or LinkedIn with the hashtag #InvestinPeople & #ClimateChangeWBG. We want to hear your thoughts!
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The esteemed panelists are now sharing their thoughts on investing in human capital to mitigate climate change and drive the green economy.
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That concludes the discussion. Thank you to all who tuned in! If you’ve missed anything, please note that the recording of the event will be available on this page – and there are many related resources below.
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Learn more about today’s topic in Mari’s blog: https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/human-face-climate-change
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For more information about the World Bank’s work on Human Capital, visit www.worldbank.org/humancapital
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Thank you all and hope you have a wonderful day!
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