World Bank says Paris climate goals at risk from new coal schemes

Jim Yong Kim says slowing down growth in coal-fired power stations is essential in order to reduce emissions Slowing down construction of coal-fired power stations will be vital to hit globally agreed climate change goals, the World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, said as he outlined a five-point plan to flesh out last year's Paris agreement to reduce CO2 emissions. Speaking at a climate ministerial meeting in Washington during the bank's annual meeting, he said there was no prospect of keeping gl...