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5 Ways the World Bank s Climate Action Plan Could Go Further | World Resources Institute

Wind Park near Kavarna, Bulgaria. Photo by Ivelina Taushanova/World Bank The recent 2021 World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund spring meetings took place during challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused loss of life and exacerbated global poverty and inequality, while draining governments resources. Meanwhile, the impacts of climate change are starting to be felt on a broad scale, resulting in the loss of homes, crops and livelihoods. The year 2020 was tied for the hottest on record and boasted, among other things, a record number of destructive storms crossing the Atlantic. On top of the long-lasting economic effects of the pandemic, the impacts of climate change are poised to only get worse.

World Bank concerned about economic impact of COVID-19 in region

World Bank concerned about economic impact of COVID-19 in region David Malpass. President of the World Bank Group David Malpass said the bank is “very concerned about the human situation” the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have on developing nations like The Bahamas. Malpass was speaking on questions of whether the pandemic is leading to “a new debt crisis” in the Latin America and Caribbean region, as he addressed the press during the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2021 Virtual Spring Meetings. The IMF in its recently released World Economic Outlook revised its 2021 projections for tourism-dependent Caribbean economies, like The Bahamas, down by 1.5 percentage points to 2.4 percent regional growth.

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