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Oxfam - The World Bank meets in Indonesia, days after the ominous wake-up call of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 degrees report. From prolonged droughts in Afghanistan to floods across the entirety of South Asia and mega typhoons in the Philippines, Asia has felt the brunt of climate change firsthand. The number of disasters in the region continues to increase both in quantity and devastation, leaving millions of women, men, and children without food and water and displaced from t

To empower Asian clean energy ambitions, the development banks must act now!

The number of disasters in Asia continues to increase both in quantity and devastation, leaving millions without food and water and displaced from their homes. We’re less than a half a degree…

Oxfam Report: Powering the transition – World Bank and other IFI energy lending in Asia

Powering the Transition

The most climate-vulnerable Asian countries are spearheading a new form of climate leadership and have set visionary goals. How can the World Bank, together with other international financial…

Oxfam - Powering the transition: World Bank and other IFI energy lending in Asia

Development banks still pouring billions into fossil fuels in climate-vulnerable Asian countries

Oxfam urges 3 world's biggest development banks to drop their support for dirty energy projects and focus on kick-starting a clean energy revolution.

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