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A "Menu" of Green Energy Opportunities (Huffington Post)

September 15, 2008

The Huffington Post covered a private consultation to discuss “Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the World Bank Group,” the World Bank’s outline for addressing the threat of climate change on developing countries.*

From the article:

"Yesterday the Center for Global Development (CGD) invited me to a meeting with the World Bank to give some remarks on the Bank's forthcoming Climate Change Strategy.

The previous World Bank president nearly forbade the mention of the term "global warming." But Bob Zoellick is now encouraging the Bank to play a leadership role."

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*The author, Dennis Whittle, president of Global Giving participated in the CGD-hosted event.