World Bank Accused Of Climate Change "Hijack"
World Bank Accused Of Climate Change "Hijack" THAILAND: April 7, 2008 BANGKOK - Developing countries and environmental groups accused the World Bank on Friday of trying to seize control of the billions of dollars of aid that will be used to tackle climate change in the next four decades. "The World Bank's foray into climate change has gone down like a lead balloon," Friends of the Earth campaigner Tom Picken said at the end of a major climate change conference in the Thai capital.