At WEF24, World Bank President Says ‘We Cannot Eradicate Poverty Without Solving Climate Change’

EXCERPT:

BANGA: “Look, a journey fueled by hope, is realized by deeds. And so merely saying that I've got a new way of thinking about things, or announcing policy pronouncements will not change the reality of what we face on the ground every day. What we have is an existential climate crisis. We cannot think of eradicating poverty without caring about climate. We cannot think about eradicating poverty without caring about health care. We cannot think about eradicating poverty without caring about food insecurity, and fragility. These are, if you don't like it, tough luck, this is the reality that we have a set of intertwined crises.”