What a world it would be if our international organizations lead, rather thank clinging desperately to the ecocidal status quo. The World Bank is a criminal organization by virtue of its funding for deforestation, oil and mining.

Friends of the Earth: Press Releases: : World Bank Under Pressure from Tutu

World Bank President James Wolfensohn, in London today to give a keynote speech on the challenges of globalisation [1], is facing pressure from Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu to clean up the World Bank's policy and practice on funding oil and mining industries.