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'Climate loan sharks' protest: pictures

By Admin, 28 June 2011

Here are pictures from this mornings' 'Climate loan sharks' protest outside the Department for International Development. Campaigners from WDM and the Jubilee Debt campaign propested against the World Bank being involved in climate finance and giving loans instead of grants for climate change adaptation.

Read the full report, 'Climate loan sharks: How the UK is making developing countries pay twice for climate change' here.

Protestors outside DfID

Protestors highlight $1.1 billion in new debt being pushed on developing countries to deal with the effects of climate change. Copyright: Immo Klink/WDM | Download high-res version

'Climate loan sharks' protest at the Department for International Development in London. Copyright: Immo Klink/WDM | Download high-res version

'Climate loan sharks' protest at the Department for International Development in London. Copyright: Immo Klink/WDM | Download high-res version

'Climate loan sharks' protest at the Department for International Development in London. Copyright: Immo Klink/WDM | Download high-res version

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