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Are Multilateral Development Banks starting to hit their climate finance milestones?

Michael Holder

12 October 2023 • 6 min read

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World's 10 leading multilateral development banks together mobilised over $60bn in climate finance for lower and middle income nations in 2022

The world's 10 leading multilateral development banks (MDBs) together provided a record $60.7bn to support climate action in low and middle-income economies last year, of which over a third was channelled...

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