August 29, 2023

How do we address climate change, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet? Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and no country is immune.

On this episode of The Development Podcast, we hone in on voices across Africa about the experience of climate change and how it intersects with poverty, and we hear from Richard Damania, World Bank’s Chief Economist for Sustainable Development in Washington, DC. Tune in as we speak with Cathy Kamamu, a farmer from Kenya, Professor Denis Aheto, Director of the Centre for Coastal Management in the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience, Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry Commission, and Richard Damania, Chief Economist for Sustainable Development at the World Bank.

Featured Voices Richard Damania, Chief Economist for Sustainable Development, World Bank Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry Commission Professor Denis Aheto, Director, Centre for Coastal Management, Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience Cathy Kamanu, farmer from Kenya

Listen here: The Interlocking Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty | The Development Podcast (worldbank.org)

Timestamps[00:00] Welcome and introduction of the topic

[01:56] Visions from Kenya: Everyday effects of climate change on a farmer

[05:45] Data overview on the relationship between climate change and poverty

[07:21] Visions from Ghana: The impact of climate change for coastal communities

[10:08] Ghana: World Bank’s Country Climate and Development Report

[11:55] Deforestation in Ghana: How to protect the natural landscape of countries?

[15:19] Addressing both climate change and poverty

[19:01] Detox Development: Repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies

[20:37] Hope (and concerns) on the horizon

[22:33] Closure and thanks for tuning in!

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