World Bank chief’s Davos snub dashes hopes of climate consensus
David Malpass spurning event hits efforts to tackle issues of poverty and climate crisis
Hopes of using Davos to forge a new international consensus to tackle poverty and the climate crisis have been thwarted by the decision of the World Bank president, David Malpass, to boycott the event.
To the surprise of the other multilateral institutions, Malpass turned down his invitation to attend despite being in Europe this week for the UK government’s Africa investment summit in London.