France will continue urging the World Bank to stay committed to its climate finance goals, despite mounting pressure from the Trump administration to shift course, newly appointed French development minister Eleonore Caroit said on Friday.

Efforts to address climate change also will feature heavily in France’s presidency of the Group of Seven industrial democracies in 2026, Caroit told reporters on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington.

She was appointed on Sunday to the cabinet of newly reappointed French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu as junior minister for Francophonie, international partnerships and French people abroad, and rushed straight to Washington.

‘Climate Is At Utmost Importance’

Caroit said she discussed with T

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