Telegraph.co.uk | World Bank Group pledges to stop investing in oil and gas exploration Telegraph.co.uk One of the world's most important financial and development institutions, the World Bank Group (WBG), is to stop financing oil and gas exploration, in a bid to help combat climate change. After 2019, the WBG – which includes the World Bank and three ... World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas exploration World Bank to cease financing upstream oil and gas after 2019 World Bank To Cut Off Oil & Gas Funding |