World Bank/IFC

Episode #9 Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee: Decarbonization is a Very Long Game

Rose Mutiso, Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, Katie Auth

Episode #4 Mimi Alemayehou: Climate Justice Means Africa Needs More Energy Investment

Rose Mutiso, Mimi Alemayehou, Katie Auth

Tyranny of the (Anti-Nuclear) Minority at the World Bank

Todd Moss, Jacob Kincer

Why a major IFC solar initiative failed to scale in Africa →

Solar Can’t Scale in the Dark: Why lessons about subsidies and transparency from IFC’s Scaling Solar Zambia can reignite progress toward deploying clean energy

Teal Emery

Do major DFIs finance fossil fuels?

Mariel Ferragamo, Katie Auth

Episode #13 Moussa Blimpo: Energy is Not the Answer to Everything

Rose Mutiso, Moussa Blimpo, Katie Auth

Time to end the World Bank’s nuclear blind spot

The DFC, World Bank, and how a nuanced compromise on gas financing for poor countries could quietly become a blanket ban (hint: ask the Kosovars)

Todd Moss

For Sustainable Mini-Grids, Development Funders Must Change the Way They Structure Subsidies and Do More to Stimulate Demand

Habiba Ahut Daggash

World Bank, AfDB aim to bring electricity to 300 million Africans →

The plan, which is a partnership with the African Development Bank, would halve the number of people living without electricity on the continent by 2030.

The climate change debate dividing the World Bank →

Addressing climate change by transitioning the world’s power grids, automobiles and industries to greener sources will cost trillions — and Janet Yellen and European authorities have no desire for massive new spending right now.

Energy Access Metrics in the World Bank’s RISE Data

Morgan Bazilian

Why would scarce development finance be needed for gas projects in Africa?

Todd Moss

US Adopts More Nuanced Pro-Development/Pro-Climate Approach to Downstream Gas Investment in Poor Countries