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    Climate goals quietly survive at the World Bank despite Trump tensions

    Amid U.S. scrutiny of its climate focus, the global lender emphasizes the substance of its environmental projects, even if the rhetoric softens.

    By Jesse Chase-Lubitz // 25 April 2025

    As the Trump administration cracks down on funding earmarked for climate-related programming, the World Bank says it’s upholding its commitment to boosting climate finance.

    But at the bank’s annual Spring Meetings in Washington this week, climate change was conspicuously light on the agenda — suggesting that the institution might be keeping a low profile on the topic.

    The United States is the bank’s largest shareholder, with 17.5%, meaning that it holds sway and veto power. But as the Trump administration has shunned multilateral institutions and attempted to bar the use of the term “climate” by organizations it funds, some experts have wondered whether the U.S. could diminish or rescind its membership in the bank.

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      Jesse Chase-Lubitz covers climate change and multilateral development banks for Devex. She previously worked at Nature Magazine, where she received a Pulitzer grant for an investigation into land reclamation. She has written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and The Japan Times, among others. Jesse holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.

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