New technology needed to cut pollution-World Bank

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The world's top polluting nations agreed new energy-generating technologies are needed to curb global warming and developing countries asked rich states for training and know-how, a World Bank official said on Wednesday.

"All participants agreed on the urgency and the issue of technology," World Bank energy director Jamal Saghir said.

Energy and environment ministers from the 20 biggest polluting countries met behind closed doors for two days last week and vowed to work faster to control greenhouse gases as scientists told them each year wasted would cost them dearly.

Time is running out to avoid a more than 2 degrees Celsius average global temperature rise over pre-industrial revolution levels and technology agreements should urgently be explored, said a copy of the meeting's findings obtained by Reuters.

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1. New technology creates industries which creates jobs.

What are we doing to create this new technology?

In BushAmerica? Absolutely nothing.

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2. A new World Bank is needed to cut pollution they mean

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3. There is a whole thesis of how the World Bank is manipulating the3rd world

I am not the one to write it, though. I learned most of it in passing.