“First step”: Reformers react to World Bank plan to free up climate spending
The bank plans to relax its lending rules to channel more money into projects tackling climate change – but officials pushing the reform say it is too timid The World…
The bank plans to relax its lending rules to channel more money into projects tackling climate change – but officials pushing the reform say it is too timid The World…
Attempts to get governments to agree to “phase out” fossil fuels were unsuccesful at Cop26 and Cop27 and that battle is likely to be re-fought at Cop28 A key minister…
More companies claim that supply-chain carbon removal is the way forward. But a new report raises concern over the credibility and transparency of insetting. For Nestlé, planting millions of trees…
Lentz accused the European Union of helping protect fossil fuel investments but climate campaigners accused him of a “desperate attempt” to keep the EU in the treaty The head of…
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events David Malpass is famously “not a scientist” and this week…
The bank is under pressure to free up more money to tackle climate change but one expert said this measure does not go far enough The World Bank, under pressure…
Last year, the World Bank’s president David Malpass refused to accept the scientific consensus on global warming, leading to calls for the US government to push him out World Bank…
A new study has found that most energy transition models ask nations like China, India and South Africa to cut coal use twice as fast as developed countries ever did.…
Jaber, who also heads the state oil giant Adnoc, fueled activists’ worries about fossil fuels in the upcoming UN climate negotiations. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) climate envoy and designated…