ADB backs Indonesia with US$600 million new coal funding despite climate pledge: report

Published on May 6, 2024

A new study by civic society groups accuses the Asian Development Bank of indirectly financing coal power plants in Indonesia as the multilateral holds its annual general meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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