Inspiring the world to adopt a climate-friendly future

Christine Lagarde and Jim Yong Kim tell of the IMF and World Bank Group’s efforts to encourage member nations to adopt climate-friendly levies and policies

IN JUST six weeks, world leaders will meet in Paris to negotiate a new global climate-change agreement.

To date, 150 countries have submitted plans detailing how they will move their economies along a more resilient low-carbon trajectory. These plans represent the first generation of investments to be made in order to build a competitive future without the dangerous levels of carbon-dioxide emissions that are now driving global warming.