ADB boosts 2019-2030 climate financing goal to $100 billion

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will boost its climate financing goals by US$20 billion to a new target of $100 billion for the 2019-2030 period, and aims to launch its concept for retiring coal-fired power plants at the COP26 climate conference in Scotland next month, the lender’s chief said on Tuesday.

Energy crossroads

Asian countries are taking big steps toward green goals, but huge energy appetites will be fed mainly by fossil fuels in the near term.