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World Bank's New Climate Strategy: Don't Call It a Coal Plant!

Justin Guay | Posted 02.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Environment, Mongolia, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, International, Energy, Coal, Climate, World Bank, Green News
Justin Guay

Looking for ways the World Bank may actually make this better? It's quite obvious: The project's contract explicitly requires a coal plant after four years. Why bother to analyze low carbon alternatives if you are contractually obliged to build a coal plant?

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The World Bank's Chance to Clean Up Its Coal Act

Michael Brune | Posted 09.04.2012 | Green
Read More: Coal, World Bank, World Bank President, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Jim Young Kim Coal, Partners in Health, Jim Young Kim, Green News
Michael Brune

We have an opportunity to make international coal development a relic of the past, and one man is in the unique position to do this: the World Bank's new president, Dr. Jim Yong Kim.

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Memo to World Bank: Good Health Policy Is Great Economic Policy

Michael Hodin | Posted 05.29.2012 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Baby Boomers, Health Policy, Economic Policy, Obamacare, Aging Population, World Bank, Americans Over 60, Economic Recovery, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Helpage International, World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim World Bank, Huffpost 50, Jim Yong Kim, Boomers, Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, Impact News
Michael Hodin

As the World Bank lays out its plans to stimulate growth in the coming years, Dr. Kim may be exactly what the doctor ordered -− a health-field expert who can prioritize healthy aging.

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