News
25 October 2018

Asian Development Bank signals end to 'dirty' coal finance

Region:
Asia-Pacific

The Asian Development Bank is making a decisive shift to clean energy, according to its energy chief. Coal plants are becoming unviable investments, Yongping Zhai wrote in Viet Nam News, as renewable energy costs fall and the bank puts a carbon price in excess of $36 a tonne on lending...

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