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Helena Wright

Asian Development Bank makes the right moves on climate change

A boat offers refuge, with homes under floodwaters in Morigaon district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, on August 15. Heavy monsoon rains this year have unleashed landslides and floods, killing hundreds and displacing millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh. Photo: AP

With Asia and the Pacific facing a huge threat from the costs of global warming, the ADB’s new green framework is timely, and regional banks need to follow its lead

6 Sep 2017 - 3:07PMvideocam

AIIB is rightly shunning coal for cleaner energy investments

Helena Wright applauds the decision by the world’s newest development bank to follow the example of its peers on energy investments, providing a platform for China and the EU to lead action on climate change
20 Jun 2017 - 8:03PM
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