The World Bank Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:40:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 World Bank Invests in Climate Change Mitigation Technologies https://www.greenoptimistic.com/world-bank-climate-change-mitigation/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/world-bank-climate-change-mitigation/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:39:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59789 Climate Change is now a top priority for the World Bank. Last week, one of the major global investors, the World Bank, announced that they will be making a “fundamental shift” in their investment strategy. Their new plan is to put money towards developing new technologies and encouraging practices for tackling climate change in the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/world-bank-climate-change-mitigation/feed/ 0 59789 World Bank Takes Stronger Stand Against Coal-Fired Power Plants https://www.greenoptimistic.com/world-bank-takes-stronger-stand-against-coal-fired-power-plants-20130717/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/world-bank-takes-stronger-stand-against-coal-fired-power-plants-20130717/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:51:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39479 On Tuesday, the board of the World Bank decided that it will halt the financing of coal-fired power plants and will allow it only under rare circumstances. The only funding for coal-fired power plants the World Bank will allow is to countries that have no other feasible alternatives to coal. The organization wants to ensure […]

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