The Guardian’s Patrick Greenfield asked the World Bank president David Malpass if he was a climate denier at Cop27. This is what he said.
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“You know that I’m not [a climate denier]. So don’t misreport it,” he said when asked following an event.
Malpass, a Donald Trump appointee, has previously said he did not “even know” if he accepted climate science. Joe Biden’s White House condemned his comments. Malpass later apologised.
The World Bank has repeatedly failed to adopt a strong action plan on the climate crisis, and is under growing pressure to reform to help finance the climate transition in developing countries.
The bank’s president had rejected requests for interviews at Cop27 after he was delayed in South Africa before the climate summit when his plane got caught in lightning.
When approached on Wednesday, Malpass refused to answer questions about the need for World Bank reform before walking backstage.
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There is no way to answer those questions and not be wrong.
i am . global warming is a socialist thing, tax tax tax
Hiding behind the journalistic so called 'freedom' sheet
Don't touch me while I'm harrasing this man…
When journalists harass people they're heroes, but when I do it all of the sudden I'm a "Stalker"
"normal"
what do you think what he is doing
"Don't touch me! Don't touch me! Then don't get in people's faces I think the climate is always changing and don't believe in lies being told.
Guardian news heroes
The Guardian! Say no more…
Are you a journalist or a harasser??
Have an opinion on a subject and get spoken to like you're some kind of devil. The Guardian should be ashamed to have journalists like this. You can hear his irratic tendencies in the nuances of his tone.
Climate denier? 🤣🤣
The reporter sounds about sixteen. Typical Guardian hysterically deranged rubbish
Are you a pro UK establishment newspaper?
Climate change is nothing more than a phych-op, designed to push New world order narratives and agenda 2030 talking points. The guardian is a joke and is owned by the elites.
The more we hassle THE RIGHT PEOPLE the further we will get.
..until they set new laws to arrest us plebs even before we do anything.
The elite loves to stay in their own bubble
That is a red flag,"Yes."
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This is obsurd