ADB readies $15bn in climate financing for emerging Asia: president

Asakawa sets out new model using government guarantees to speed up lending

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Without change, many of Asia's coal-fired power plants could keep running for another two decades, Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa says. © AP

RINTARO TOBITA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The Asian Development Bank will provide an additional $15 billion in funding for emerging markets to tackle climate change under a new, faster lending model, President Masatsugu Asakawa told Nikkei.

Advanced economies will provide $3 billion in guarantees, enabling the ADB to extend loans worth five times that amount. These will be used for decarbonization projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote growth.

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