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World Bank plans to take lead in climate challenge
Jim Yong Kim calls for end to extreme poverty by 2030 and promises organisation will boost efforts to address climate change
China and Russia lead work to establish World Bank rival
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World Bank to prioritise support for climate vulnerable states
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World Bank: climate change hurting global economy
World Bank chief says climate change is not a distant threat, but one that is having economic consequences today
World Bank: Time for big six to act on climate change
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$180m boost for World Bank forest carbon fund
Climate change and deforestation fund receives new donations from Norway, Germany and Finland
World Bank: Arab nations must face climate change realities
COP18: New report finds the Arab region especially vulnerable to climate change, with five countries setting new temperature records in 2010.
Earth on course for 4°C warming warns World Bank
New study increases pressure on governments heading to COP18 climate change talks in Doha to make ambitious cuts in emissions ahead of 2015 deal
World Bank fears 4°C warming by 2100
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Environmental degradation holds back growth, says World Bank
CBD COP11: Group’s sustainable development chief says investment in nature is crucial for poverty eradication and greener growth.
Why is the world’s newest development bank investing in coal despite its green promise?
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
World’s top private coal company faces bankruptcy
NEWS: Staunch opponent of climate laws and science misses interest payment as global coal price slump continues
UK green bank turns two; targets world domination
NEWS: The Green Investment Bank mobilised £5 billion of investment in two years and is taking its model around the globe
World’s top banks to penalise businesses that damage nature
43 leading financial institutions including World Bank plan to cut credit for companies which rely on them but fail to value them
As Xi Jinping seeks more power, the world’s window into China’s climate action narrows
At a critical moment for Chinese leadership, Beijing’s “zero-Covid” policy is making it harder than ever for journalists and experts to access information
Finland sets world’s most ambitious climate target in law
Finland’s goal to go net zero by 2035 and then carbon negative was based on equity as well as science, but it won’t be easy to reverse forest loss
Sweden set to be world’s first country to target consumption-based emission cuts
A deal between Sweden’s political parties positions the country to take responsibility for the carbon footprint of imported goods
Nine must-read climate change stories of 2021 from around the world
From how Indonesia treats its Elon Musks to the aftermath of “unimaginable” flooding in Germany, here’s our pick of Climate Home’s best reporting this year
World leaders at UN urged to end public finance to fossil fuels
As world leaders meet to talk energy in New York, 200 green groups are urging them to embrace renewables and stop financing fossil fuels
US guidance to development banks puts gas infrastructure finance in question
Gas-fired power projects in Thailand and South Africa could be affected by a shift in US development finance policy to back clean energy over fossil fuels