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Biden’s World Bank pick looks to link climate and development goals
Ajay Banga will begin a monthlong “global listening tour” to drum up support for his nomination to be the bank’s next president.
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U.S. picks Ajay Banga to lead World Bank
President Biden tapped the former Mastercard chief executive to run an organization that found itself mired in controversy after comments by the current president about climate change.
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World Bank president, dogged by climate questions, will step down early
David Malpass, under fire for months by critics who accused him of climate denialism, said he would resign in June, a year before his term ends.
Credibility questions dog World Bank president at climate summit
David Malpass, the president of the World Bank, arrived at the United Nations climate summit on a mission to prove he and his institution are fully engaged in efforts to curb global warming and assist poor nations battered by increasingly severe droughts, fires and storms.
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World Bank leader, accused of climate denial, offers new response
David Malpass touched off a furor, including calls for his removal, when he refused to acknowledge that fossil fuels are warming the planet.
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World Bank leader, accused of climate denial, offers a new response
David Malpass touched off a furor, including calls for his removal, when he refused to acknowledge that fossil fuels are warming the planet.
Al Gore calls the World Bank chief a 'climate denier'
The former vice president also said President Biden should seek to have the Trump-nominated bank leader, David Malpass, removed from his role.
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