WASHINGTON (Reuters), – World Bank President David Malpass Tuesday defended his bank’s efforts on climate change. He said that U.S. Treasury officials were “overwhelmingly supportive” the bank, its public and private staff over the past months.

Malpass rejected a Financial Times report that claimed World Bank leadership had been under attack by the Biden administration for not increasing its efforts to combat climate change. The article was based upon outdated information.

It’s based upon a March letter that a U.S. Treasury assistant secret sent to the World Bank. However, it is really outdated. According to him, Treasury officials were unanimously supportive of the World Bank’s staff in both public and private.”