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Vol 64 No 21

Published 19th October 2023


Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream

Leaders of the IMF and World Bank back carbon taxes and a plan to end fossil fuel subsidies | Special Report by Tim Concannon

Welcome to the first in our series of special reports in the run-up to the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai opening on 30 November.

Africa Confidential's Environment Editor Tim Concannon will explain and analyse the key issues at stake in Dubai and how African governments, companies and regional institutions are approaching the negotiations. Much of the focus in Dubai will be on climate finance.

Our first report in the series examines how the IMF and World Bank are changing policy on climate finance, boosting lending and calling for carbon taxes and the ending of fossil fuel subsidies.

For a detailed analysis of these shifts, read this Special Report here: Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream.



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