NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a sovereign guarantee for a US$1 billion (RM4.1 billion) World Bank loan for India to develop green infrastructure, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters today. The announcement is likely to be made during...
NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a sovereign guarantee for a US$1 billion World Bank loan for India to develop green infrastructure, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters today.
The announcement is likely to be made during the United Nations COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, which has been billed as a“The UK’s biggest finance offer to India at COP26 will be a US$1 billion sovereign guarantee for additional World Bank lending for green infra,” said one of the sources. They declined to the named as they were not authorised to talk to the media on the subject.
Wealthy nations face mounting pressure to deliver on an unmet pledge, made in 2009, to spend US$100 billion a year to help finance an adequate response by developing countries to rising global temperatures.to commit much more than US$100 billion to help poor countries fight climate change because of their high historical share of emissions.
Asia’s third largest economy plans to keep adding renewables to its energy mix and push industries to see the benefit of using cleaner fuels, but has stopped short of committing to a net-zero emission target year. — Reuters
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