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World Bank cash for fossil fuels: the worst kind of hypocrisy

Written by Shelagh Whitley

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Increasing support for coal and other polluting energy sources - including with funds earmarked for tackling climate change - undermines the World Bank’s credibility and risks setting an unsustainable precedent.