DHAKA: The World Bank wants to raise $16bn to help Africa adapt to climate change.

By boosting the continent’s resilience to global warming and increasing renewable energy it hopes the scheme will prevent millions of people from sliding into extreme poverty.

The Africa Climate Business Plan will be presented at COP21, the global climate talks in Paris.

They are aimed at reaching agreement on how to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius.

‘The thing that we wanted to make sure was that Africa wasn't forgotten in the midst of these conversations,’ Dr Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank told the BBC.

When talks begin, he wants to make sure the conversation is not just about reducing emissions but also about taking steps to cope with the consequences of warming.

BDST: 1803 HRS, Nov 26, 2015
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