Macron sees climate finance summit as opportunity for change ALBAWABA – The Summit for a New Global Financial Pact took off Thursday with an opening statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, underlining the need for a new global lending system. Low-income countries "shouldn't have to choose" between fighting climate change and poverty, Agence France-Press (AFP) reported. The current system, underpinned by the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund ...