Nepal seeks World Bank loan to fight air pollution despite hefty taxes to do so
Published on: Thursday 16 October 2025
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 9.86 billion rupee ($68 million) […]
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/nepal-seeks-world-bank-loan-to-fight-air-pollution-despite-hefty-taxes-to-do-so/
