World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas extraction – The Guardian, 12.12.17
Bank announces in Paris it ‘will no longer finance upstream oil and gas’ after 2019 in response to threat posed by climate change The One Planet Summit in Paris. The World Bank announcement delighted campaigners opposed to fossil fuels. Photograph: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images The World Bank will end its financial support for oil and gas extraction within [...]