US declines to sign World Bank directors’ joint statement on climate agenda

US Passes on World Bank Joint Statement on Climate Agenda

The U.S., the World Bank's largest shareholder, has declined to endorse what it called the bank's continued drift into climate politics, refusing to sign a statement by most of the bank's executive directors reaffirming support for its work on alleged manmade climate change.

US declines to sign World Bank directors’ joint statement on climate agenda

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nineteen of the World Bank’s 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their support for the bank’s continued work on climate change, defying the U.S., the bank’s largest shareholder, and several other countries. The executive directors for the U.S., Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia declined to sign the document; Japan and India – both negotiating trade deals with the U.S. – abstained, a source fami…

U.S. Opts Out Of Joint Climate Statement By World Bank Directors

The executive directors for the U.S., Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia declined to sign the document; Japan and India - both negotiating trade deals with the U.S. - abstained, a source familiar with the matter said. The post U.S. Opts Out Of Joint Climate Statement By World Bank Directors appeared first on StratNews Global.