Campaigners welcome Miliband's decision to take World Bank seat

James Murray
clock • 4 min read
Ed Miliband gives speech at Energy UK Annual Conference / Credit: Lauren Hurley - DESNZ
Image:

Ed Miliband gives speech at Energy UK Annual Conference / Credit: Lauren Hurley - DESNZ

Foreign Secretary to take up UK's place on World Bank board in signal he plans to prioritise international climate action

Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has signalled he is to take up the UK's seat on the board of the World Bank, in a move designed to help push climate finance up the international agenda...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

James Murray
Author spotlight

James Murray

View profile
More from James Murray

Evri debuts robotic neighbourhood parcel hub

China sets target for electrified vehicles to hit 70 per cent market share 2030

More on Climate change

UNICEF: Climate impacts disrupted education for 171 million school children in 2025
Climate change

UNICEF: Climate impacts disrupted education for 171 million school children in 2025

Major new report warns climate hazards are causing school closures which could result in $200bn in lost lifetime earnings for impacted students worldwide

Amber Rolt
clock 10 September 2026 • 3 min read
'Dangerous territory': August confirmed as joint-hottest month on record
Climate change

'Dangerous territory': August confirmed as joint-hottest month on record

Global average surface air temperature last month reached 1.65C above pre-industrial times, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 10 September 2026 • 4 min read
Study: Eight-in-10 British cities already highly vulnerable to extreme heat
Climate change

Study: Eight-in-10 British cities already highly vulnerable to extreme heat

New OS Heat Vulnerability Index finds 83 per cent of UK cities are highly vulnerable to extreme heat and the 'urban heat island' effect

Amber Rolt
clock 09 September 2026 • 5 min read