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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Valerie Volcovici

World Bank president should 'not mince words' on climate -White House adviser

FILE PHOTO: John Podesta, chairman of the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, addresses the crowd at Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A top climate adviser to President Joe Biden on Friday said the head of the World Bank should "not mince words" on the scientific consensus on climate change and is out of step with the American public.

John Podesta, who earlier this month was appointed to oversee the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's $370 billion in climate spending, criticized World Bank President David Malpass at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh without mentioning him by name.

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