Multilateral development banks, such as the World Bank, have been encouraging countries to invest more in green-energy technologies. Analysis of project data suggests their own renewable energy portfolios have also grown in step.
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Saghir, J. Bank on the banks. Nat Energy 4, 14–15 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0314-x
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