World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas extraction
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from on (#3AG1E)
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 extraction 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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