Global Climate Battle Plays Out in World Bank (Reuters)
March 08, 2010
Reuters quotes CGD senior fellow David Wheeler on World Bank funding for coal-fired power-plants.
From the article:
"David Wheeler, an environmental expert at the Center for Global Development, said the World Bank should press Western donors to fund the cost gap to help South Africa afford an alternative to coal.
"This recalls a central problem at Copenhagen: ample rhetoric about the need for carbon mitigation in developing economies, but little actual willingness to finance the extra cost of clean technology for countries that remain very poor," he added."