The White House said on Friday it condemned recent comments on climate change by World Bank President David Malpass, who has come under fire this week after refusing to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus on global warming.
“We condemn the words of the president” of the World Bank, White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre told reporters. “We expect the World Bank to become a global leader in climate ambition and mobilization.”
The Treasury Department, which oversees US commitments to the bank, “has had and will continue to have these clear expectations of World Bank leadership,” she said.
Jean-Pierre’s remarks came shortly after President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser, John Podesta, said Malpass, a Republican nominated by former President Donald Trump, should not “relax” on consensus science on climate change.
Malpass has come under fire from some world leaders and environmental groups this week after he refused to say whether he accepted the scientific consensus on global warming.
On Friday, Malpass admitted that his words were “unfortunate” but said that none of the bank’s shareholders had asked him to resign.
Podesta, appointed earlier this month to oversee $370 billion in new U.S. climate spending, criticized Malpass at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh without naming him.
Source: Hot News RO
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