Article 3AG35 World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas exploration

World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas exploration

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Larry Elliott Economics editor
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3AG35)

Bank announces in Paris it 'will no longer finance upstream oil and gas' after 2019 in response to threat posed by climate change

The World Bank will end its financial support for oil and gas exploration within the next two years in response to the growing threat posed by climate change.

In a statement that delighted campaigners opposed to fossil fuels, the Bank used a conference in Paris to announce that it "will no longer finance upstream oil and gas" after 2019.

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