World Bank pledges extra $29bn to poorer nations for climate change fight
by Dan Collyns in Lima from on (#Q1PT)
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group, said it could boost funding by a third in response to client demand
The World Bank has pledged to boost by up to $29bn the financial assistance pledged to poorer nations to cope with climate change, bringing closer the possibility of reaching a target of $100bn a year by 2020.
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