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World Bank targets air pollution in climate battle
2013-09-03 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank said on Tuesday it was planning "aggressive action" to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human health and aid crop growth. Of its funding to poor nations, almost 8 percent - $18 billion from 2007-12 - goes to sectors such as energy, farming, waste and transport that have a potential to cut emissions, a bank report said. The bank said it would shift policy to insist that such...
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