Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 24 May 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will request the World Bank to reduce its investment in fossil fuels as part of its energy strategy review.
Throughout the review, the UK has emphasised to the World Bank the need to ensure that the Energy Strategy meets the twin goals of sustainable energy production and increasing the access of poor people to energy. We support the inclusion of a target to increase the percentage of lending for clean energy, and a shift away from lending for coal fired power stations toward cleaner energy sources, where we believe the financing challenges to be greatest.
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