Economic Crisis Boosts Eib Climate Actions

摘要

For 2009-2010, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will earmark for climate change actions €6 billion of the €30 billion in additional loans it will grant in the context of the European economic recovery plan adopted by the 27 on 2 December. European officials have claimed repeatedly that combating climate change must be seen as a "development opportunity" and that the current economic crisis must in no case serve as a pretext not to take action on the climate. On the contrary, this objective can be a catalyst for economic recovery. Adaptation to climate change, energy efficiency and the development of clean technologies will therefore be at the heart of the Bank's interventions in the coming years.