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- Just like that: World Bank bureaucrats lost track of $24 to $41 billion “fighting climate change” Fri, 25 Oct 24, 7:21amThe World Bank — Who We Are. As they say — we’re “Accountable to ourselves”. By Jo Nova The World Bank is the largest climate funding multinational blob on Earth, and the world is about to end,...
- The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant Fri, 4 Oct 24, 4:00pmDocumentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on their lives
- Who is directing the war on agriculture and nutrition? Mon, 12 Aug 24, 11:00amSouth Africa’s electricity minister recently said his country will not be “turned into a guinea pig for a worldwide Green New Deal.”
- World Bank Launches First Global Framework for Agri-Food Emissions Wed, 15 May 24, 3:00am...the road to disaster is often paved with well-intentioned global initiatives.
- World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds Tue, 12 Sep 23, 2:00pmCampaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges
- World Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’ Thu, 6 Oct 22, 10:01amA group of 50 NGOs found that bank and subsidiaries had funded oil refinery and gas processing
- Marshall Islands Growing, Not Shrinking. World Bank’s Embarrassing Error In Alarmist 2021 Report Mon, 21 Feb 22, 5:00pmDoom and gloom warnings by a 2021 World Bank report neglected a major mechanism: coral reefs.
- Crusoe Energy is tackling energy use for cryptocurrencies and data centers and greenhouse gas emissions Tue, 27 Apr 21, 1:02amThe two founders of Crusoe Energy think they may have a solution to two of the largest problems facing the planet today — the increasing energy footprint of the tech industry and the greenhouse gas emissions associated...
- Africans reject demands to end fossil fuel use Mon, 19 Apr 21, 11:00amAfrica’s needs are too great to be met solely with expensive, intermittent green energy technologies, its finances too stretched to afford carbon-neutral energy, Moore and Ramachandran emphasize...
- World Bank and IMF must spearhead a green and inclusive recovery | Letter Thu, 15 Oct 20, 3:42amA group of European ministers and the EC’s commissioner for international partnerships call for measures to foster long-term resilience in the global economy and environment
- The “racism” of climate change alarmists Sat, 29 Aug 20, 11:00pmClimate alarmists now proclaim that climate change is racist, that it affects minorities more than others. What hypocrisy. By this theory, the Sun, our galaxy and their Creator are racist, since they have driven climate change...
- Anger over World Bank's $55m pledge to Guyana's fossil fuel industry Thu, 27 Feb 20, 5:00pmCampaigners say move is ‘blatant contradiction’ of lender’s climate commitments
- Investors and utilities are seeding carbon markets with new startups Wed, 8 Jan 20, 7:02amWhile most of the world agrees that carbon dioxide emissions from human activity are creating a climate crisis, there’s little consensus regarding how to address it...
- The World Bank’s Misguided Green Energy Policies To Persist Tue, 16 Apr 19, 11:00amFrom Forbes Tilak Doshi Energy I analyze energy economics and related public policy issues. President Trump’s nominee to head the World Bank, David Malpass, was formally approved by a unanimous vote of its board of executive...
- Sanity and humanity return to the World Bank? Mon, 15 Apr 19, 3:00amExtreme greens grouse, but African and other poor families see hope in David Malpass Paul Driessen President Obama infamously told Africans they should focus on their “bountiful” wind, solar and biofuel...