World Bank President Ajay Banga aims to connect 300 million more Africans to electricity by 2030 through its Mission 300 initiative. This is a worthy goal that is at risk of sabotage because of a fixation on renewables, writes Bjorn Lomborg. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/Postmedia files

Earlier this month, the United States told the World Bank to stop obsessing about climate and get back to its core business of ending poverty . Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on the bank to remove its financing targets for climate projects and instead invest to “increase access to affordable and reliable energy , reduce poverty, and boost growth.” For the sake of the world’s poor, Canada should get on board with this commonsense call.

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