This report discusses the remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. Speaking at the launch of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat in Songdo, Korea, Republic of. He compromised that man-made climate change is real and is having a significant impact - an increasing impact - is overwhelming. we are convinced that there is no way that we will be able to end poverty in our lifetime - end poverty by 2030, which is our goal - without tackling climate change in the most serious manner. He praised the Green Climate Fund as a source of enormous optimism and hope in the fight against climate change, and said the Fund was an "historic opportunity" to protect future generations.
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2013/12/04
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President's Speech
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101909
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Volume No
1
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1
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Korea, Republic of
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2016/02/03
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Disclosed
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Speech by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Green Climate Fund Secretariat Launch, Songdo, Korea, Republic of
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Kim,Jim Yong
Speech by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Green Climate Fund Secretariat Launch, Songdo, Korea, Republic of (English). Presidential speech Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/467281468190444320/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-the-Green-Climate-Fund-Secretariat-Launch-Songdo-Korea-Republic-of