the world and in specific regions that pump money into everything from reforestation in honduras to repairing homes in bangladesh. the mission overlap creating confusion for donors, where to invest, and where to apply it. then there s the fact corruption and fraud plague climate financial. a larger, more robust agency could involve more stringent oversight of funds. but the biggest argument for world carbon bank is the scale of the climate crisis. current efforts of just too small. countries have pledged more than $10 billion to the u.n. s green climate fund, which is the largest of its kind. only half of that money has actually been allocated to projects. in 2017 trump canceled $2 billion pledged by the u.s. saying such funds were, quote, raided from america s war on terrorism. with or without the u.s. pledge, the money available to funds