Climate Change

Photo: © Mohon Mondal, Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society, Bangladesh. Estimates assessing how many people will be displaced or forced to migrate because of climate…

[Originally posted at the Development Marketplace Blog] In my first blog entry, I mentioned that adaptation to climate change spans a vast range of possible actions and that it can seem a rather…

Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia website, has interestingly turned the concept of wiki sites into something that seems to be a relatively accepted and trustworthy source of information.…

As we talk to people around the world on some of the key findings and views that we're building into the next World Development Report, we encounter some heated debates. One of these much-…

   Photo © Curt Carnemark/World Bank Climate change is not a new phenomenon. It has been around through much of Earth’s history. But what is new is the speed of climate change today and the…