Zoellick to Appoint Climate Change Envoy (E&E News)

E&E News quotes CGD senior fellow David Wheeler on the World Bank's new climate envoy, Andrew Steer

From the article:

"David Wheeler, a former World Bank researcher who now heads the climate change division of the Center for Global Development, praised both the creation of the new high-level position and the choice of Steer, calling him "a first-class guy who's focused on doing the needful." The creation of a VP-level climate envoy slot, he said, is "an important indicator of the Bank's high-level interest in promoting the [climate change] agenda."”

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