Hedegaard is keen to see theEuropean Investment Bank, the EuropeanBank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank join theEU and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in taking a lead role in eliminating public support for fossilfuels.

“Together, these three institutions lend more than€130bn [$168bn] annually for projects in Europe and beyond, and maintain astrong advisory role in beneficiary countries,” she says in the forewordto a report on bank lending policies in the western Balkans.

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