Nepal seeks World Bank loan to fight air pollution despite hefty taxes to do so

Mongabay
Oct 17, 2025, 12:50 am324 ptsTop
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s government is negotiating terms for millions of dollars in loans and grants from the World Bank to fund a project to fight air pollution, even though it has already raised billions of rupees (millions of dollars) by taxing fossil fuel over the past 16 years. The proposed 20.8 billion…

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