World Bank warns of climate change funding cuts

With a global banking crisis in full swing it's perhaps not surprising that fighting global warming has taken a bit of a back seat at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Just last year, nearly every global and regional banking summit put climate change at the top of its agenda.…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 15, 20080Comments

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IFC banks on $145m Chinese energy efficiency

Like feet on Canadian coastlines or men accidentally shooting themselves in the head with nail guns, some things turn up far more often than you think. Like World Bank grants. Not one month after the World Bank said it will be distributing $5.5 billion for clean tech projects in developing countries, the International Finance Corporation (IFC),…

ByThe Global ViewJune 20, 20080Comments

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World Bank, Japan spend $15 billion on clean tech funds

You know it's a big day in green tech investing when all those $500 million funds start to look like a student's unloved shrapnel jar. The World Bank has apparently decided that all those hundreds of millions of dollars just aren’t cutting it any more and is announced that it will be laying down notes…

ByThe Global ViewMay 29, 20080Comments

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Darling urges G7 biofuels review

Never one to speak out before it's too late, Alastair Darling, England's beloved Chancellor, has asked the World Bank to produce an analysis on the impact of green policies, including the likes of biofuels, on global food shortages to be presented to the G7 leaders in June. All this at in the same week as new…

ByThe Global ViewApril 15, 20080Comments

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World Bank gets into carbon swapping game

Carbon is the new Panini stickers - it looks like everyone's up for trading these days (Greenbang has the shiny foil ones - they're worth more). The latest to jump on the "got, got, need, got, swap," bandwagon is the World Bank's lender, International Finance Corporation (IFC). The IFC has come up with a carbon trading…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 20, 20080Comments

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World Bank warns of climate change funding cuts

IFC banks on $145m Chinese energy efficiency

World Bank, Japan spend $15 billion on clean tech funds

Darling urges G7 biofuels review

World Bank gets into carbon swapping game

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