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Rich nations pledge to unlock hundreds of billions for climate fight

French President Emmanuel Macron at the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, in Paris on June 23, 2023. AFP - LEWIS JOLY

Multilateral development banks like the World Bank are expected to find $200 billion in extra firepower for low-income economies by taking on more risk, a move that may require wealthy nations to inject more cash, world leaders said on Friday.

The leaders, gathered at a summit in Paris to thrash out funding for the climate transition and post-Covid debt burdens of poor countries, said their plans would secure billions of dollars of matching investment from the private sector.

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