People in a changing climate: From vulnerability to action – insights from world bank group country climate and development reports covering 72 economies

Ending poverty on a livable planet requires all countries to enhance the resilience of their people and
economies to the impacts of climate change, while also reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and other damages to nature and the environment. To identify opportunities and priorities for aligning
development and climate change action and objectives at the country level, the World Bank Group
introduced the Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) in 2022.1 This core diagnostic
helps countries prioritize the most impactful and urgent actions to boost resilience and adaptation and
reduce GHG emissions, while delivering on broader development and sustainability objectives. CCDRs
are designed to guide policy priorities and decisions by public and private stakeholders, and to inform
World Bank Group priorities at the country level or through its global initiatives, including the Global
Challenge Programs (GCPs).

This report presents a selection of key findings from the first three years of CCDRs, with 58 reports
covering 72 countries and economies published by November 2024 (figure 1). The CCDRs now cover
60 percent of the population of low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs) and 73 percent
of their gross domestic product (GDP) (figure 2). In terms of resilience and adaptation, coverage is
also improving: 67 percent of disaster losses in LICs and MICs since 2000 occurred in countries with
published CCDRs, and 70 percent of LIC and MIC GHG emissions are emitted in CCDR countries. CCDRs
also include two high-income countries (HICs), Romania and Poland.
The latest batch of CCDRs include several Small Island Developing States (SIDS)—the Maldives, four
Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean (OECS) countries (Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines) and three Pacific atoll countries (Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu)—
offering insights into the vulnerability of these countries, and the opportunities they have to build resilience.

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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9bd51ec3-42b4-46c1-ba47-c5bdeaab6478