World Bank president celebrates 'game changer' Paris talks
by Fiona Harvey in Paris from Environment | The Guardian on (#XJYV)
Jim Yong Kim joins host of powerful figures lauding 'extraordinary' talks undertaken in French capital
The president of the World Bank has hailed the deal struck in Paris on climate change as a "game changer" that will set the world on a new course of economic growth and cooperation.
Jim Yong Kim told the Guardian the Paris accord would redefine what economic development means for the future, by ensuring that the need to invest in a low-carbon future was included in plans for economic growth and lifting people out of poverty.
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