If the World Bank does not abandon its focus on “dirty” energy projects, governments should move global energy finance away from the organisation, according to a...
The president of the World Bank has said the US government is just “days away” from creating a major economic disaster, unless politicians can come to...
Advocacy group Corporate Accountability International (CAI) has called on the World Bank to stop investing in private water firms, as it say they are compromising the poorest...
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said the time for debating whether humanity is causing climate change is over. Speaking at a major climate conference...
Around 800,000 homes in England and Wales could be affected by flooding in the next 10 years, according to a research by the London School of Economics...
Russia has entered the top five of the world’s biggest economies, with its $3.4 trillion GDP leaving fellow European nations behind, according to the World Bank....
An Australian activist who allegedly created a fake press release that caused a $300m drop in a major coal company’s share price has been released on...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has revised its policy on energy investment, saying it will now only invest in firms that incorporate carbon reduction measures into...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has rejected a proposal to fund the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The bank’s...
The World Bank’s board has agreed a new strategy that will limit the financing of coal-fired power plants to “rare circumstances”. The organisation says that it...
The EU’s commissioner for climate change has urged three large development banks to stop investing in fossil fuels and to instead promote renewable energy in the...
A UN fund set up to help developing countries fight the causes and effects of climate change could be ready to launch in 2014, it has...
The Amazon, the Mediterranean and regions of east Africa will be at the highest risk of extreme ecosystem changes due to greenhouse gas emissions, according to...
If the world moves past 2C of warming, the lives of many people in vulnerable areas of south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will be at risk...
While his siblings Boris, Rachel and Jo actively sought out and seemingly enjoy the political and media limelight, Leo Johnson is content working in sustainability. He...