Climate Changed
UN’s Green Climate Fund at ‘Low Point’ After Director Resigns
- Fund was set up in 2010 to act as a conduit for climate aid
- Howard Bamsey left director post after 1 1/2 years on the job
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The head of the Green Climate Fund, set up by the United Nations in the fight against global warming, stepped down abruptly after less than two years on the job, leaving the organization’s future in doubt.
Howard Bamsey, an Australian diplomat who served as the GCF’s executive director since January 2017, resigned after a “difficult” meeting in which no new projects were approved, according to a statement released after the gathering in Songdo, South Korea.