Tagged with World Bank 
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World Bank can’t wean itself off fossil fuel lending 0
Posted 1 month agoThe ongoing global economic crisis dominated this week's World Bank meetings in Istanbul. But with the Copenhagen climate talks just two months away, climate activists made a concerted effort to get their favorite issue on the agenda -- much to the dismay of World Bank staffers.
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Think Climate Finance is boring? Think again.
Reparations for Climate Chaos 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
Remember when the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund were constantly making global headlines for their fierce opposition from people's movements around the world?
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Money for Nothing, and the Climate for Free
Obama to propose ending fossil fuel subsidies in Pittsburgh? 3
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks agoAccording to a leaked letter, the Obama administration is set to propose ending fossil fuel subsidies next week at the Pittsburgh G20.
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Gloom and/or Doom
Report: Climate change will bring big problems for small number of countries 1
Posted 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Here’s one way to break down the effects of fiercer storm surges that will be wrought by climate change: Most land lost: Latin America. Most people displaced: Middle East and North Africa. Most economic losses: East Asia
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Glass half empty
Water too often overlooked in development efforts, U.N. report says 0
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Fresh water and money have one thing in common: Their mismanagement has left billions of people without ready access to either, according to policymakers, non-governmental agencies and activists attending the World Water Forum here this week.
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You Can Bank on It
World Bank approves $1.3 billion for Brazilian eco-projects 1
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The World Bank offers to loan developing countries the funds to pay for climate change adaptation 3
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Amid climate talks, World Bank considers $5 billion loan for most carbon-intensive project ever 0
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Summers receieves flack for his tactless pollution-control memo as VP of World Bank in 1991 15
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If you thought ignoring financial risks blew up in our faces ... 1
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So Fresh and So Clean
More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries 2
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Duke Energy announces investment in wood biomass on first day of the Clinton Global Initiative 18
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Chad and Subtract
World Bank yanks corruption-tainted pipeline funding from Chad 0
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Why the Bank itself bears its share of responsibility for the global food crisis 17
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World Bank finally releases ‘secret’ report on biofuels and the food crisis 65
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But What's $41 Billion?
World Bank overstates commitment to environment, says internal watchdog 1
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Bank chief Zoelick hints his old boss Bush is full of it on biofuels and food prices 0
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Economist says biofuels have pushed up global food prices by 75 percent 37
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House ponders investment in multilateral clean tech fund; greens argue it isn’t all that green 0
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Casa Made of Dammed
Displaced by development, squatters await justice in Argentina 2
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago