World Bank Group announces $200 billion over five years for climate action
The World Bank Group announced a major new set of climate targets for 2021-2025, doubling its current 5-year investments to around $200 billion in support for countries to take ambitious climate action. The new plan significantly boosts support for adaptation and resilience, recognizing mounting climate change impacts on lives and livelihoods, especially in the world’s poorest countries.
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It’s time to ask tough questions about transport and climate
If we don’t, figures contributing to global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise, reaching 1/3 of all emissions by 2040.