Morning summary: The World Bank will limit financing of coal-fired power plants to “rare circumstances”
Funding will continue to coal projects in poor areas where “there are no feasible alternatives”
New report assesses climate impacts for world’s most vulnerable regions, finds many unable to cope with even moderate warming
Jim Yong Kim stresses importance of fighting climate change but says sometimes development and energy access must take priority
Jim Yong Kim calls for end to extreme poverty by 2030 and promises organisation will boost efforts to address climate change
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World Bank chief says climate change is not a distant threat, but one that is having economic consequences today
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Climate change and deforestation fund receives new donations from Norway, Germany and Finland
COP18: New report finds the Arab region especially vulnerable to climate change, with five countries setting new temperature records in 2010.
New study increases pressure on governments heading to COP18 climate change talks in Doha to make ambitious cuts in emissions ahead of 2015 deal
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CBD COP11: Group’s sustainable development chief says investment in nature is crucial for poverty eradication and greener growth.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is backing a coal-fired cement works in Myanmar through an intermediary, in a worrying sign for its climate credentials
NEWS: Staunch opponent of climate laws and science misses interest payment as global coal price slump continues
NEWS: The Green Investment Bank mobilised £5 billion of investment in two years and is taking its model around the globe
43 leading financial institutions including World Bank plan to cut credit for companies which rely on them but fail to value them
Leaders including Narendra Modi, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron and Lula will share their climate plans in Dubai on Friday and Saturday
An upcoming summit on protecting the Amazon has become the focus of a Indigenous and civil society-led campaign to set up an exclusion zone for fossil fuels