Scrap fossil fuel subsidies now and bring in carbon tax, says World Bank chief

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Jim Yong Kim calls for five-point plan to deliver low-carbon growth, including removal of incentives to exploit oil, gas and coal

Poor countries are feeling "the boot of climate change on their neck", the president of the World Bank has said, as he called for a carbon tax and the immediate scrapping of subsidies for fossil fuels...

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