Adaptationists at the World Bank

Posted by Ivan Garcia on February 21st, 2007 filed in news

Calling all realists! According to the Christian Science Monitor, the World Bank is looking for two specialists in adapting to global warming. Actually, by my count, as of today (February 20, 2007) there are three jobs available. Two of them are “Senior Environmental Specialists, (Climate Change)”, one of whom would work for the World Bank Environment Department and one of whom would work for the World Bank Institute. The newest post is for an Adaptation and Country Relations Officer for the Global Environment Facility — basically for committed environmentalists who want to brave the wilds of bureaucracy and try to get countries collaborating to work on problems like desertification, biodiversity loss, and water. If you try those links in March or April 2007, they may be gone.

These job postings, however small a sign, do seem good to me; the impacts of global warming are here now, and future investments have to take it into account. As well, we have committed ourselves to at least 1 degree Celsius more warming (usually called committed warming) no matter what we do. Hope the international community adapts to that

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