<span style="color: #222222;">The World Bank has unveiled 200 billion US Dollars in climate action investment for 2021 to 2025, adding that this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding. The move coincides with a UN climate summit in Katowice.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a statement, the World Bank said, the move represents a significantly ramped up ambition to tackle climate change and sends an important signal to the wider global community to do the same.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The statement said the breakdown of 200 billion dollars would comprise approximately 100 billion in direct finance from the World Bank. Around one-third of the remaining funding will come from two World Bank Group agencies with the rest private capital mobilised by the World Bank Group.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">World Bank senior director for climate change, John Roome said, if the emissions are not reduced, 100 million more people will be living in poverty by 2030.</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | December 3, 2018 8:43 AM
World Bank unveils USD 200 bn in climate action investment for 2021-25