4 March 2010
A new report from the Center for American Progress looks into the World Bank's ability to exacerbate or alleviate climate change through its project funding and its ability to set standards for other institutions. BIC's analysis of the Bank's energy lending is cited
Read the Report
Development Funding Done Right: How to Ensure Multilateral Development Banks Finance Clean and Renewable Energy Projects to Combat Global Warming, by Kari Manlove, Andrew Light, Kate Gordon, and Richard Caperton, Center for American Progress, March 2010 (PDF, 393KB)
see also
BIC's Energy Strategy review page
U.S. Treasury coal guidance note for MDB coal investments, U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 14, 2009
ED letter to President Zoellick regarding U.S. coal guidelines, January 13, 2010 (Acrobat pdf, 247 KB)