EnvironmentThis topic area covers: the impact of Bank and Fund policies and activities on the environment, including the impacts of individual projects; programmatic and sectoral lending; and Bank and Fund policy research. Subjects covered include: oil, gas and mining; forests, large hydroelectric projects; energy issues; agriculture; the Global Environment Facility (GEF); the World Bank's involvement in carbon trading; safeguard policies; environmental compliance with World Bank policies and international mechanisms ; and related infrastructure issues. read more... BriefingsFacilitating whose power? WB and IMF policy influence in Nigeria's energy sectorDespite rhetoric to the contrary, the World Bank's energy portfolio still fails to reap the double dividend of renewable energy technologies that would tackle both energy poverty and climate change. Nigerian economic policies shaped by World Bank and IMF recommendations, policy agreements and conditionality have so far lead to a dysfunctional electricity privatisation process, a heavy and as yet unfulfilled reliance on reform of the gas sector, and the failure to make any widespread practical progress on pro-poor, decentralised renewable energy read article... Is the Bank's carbon markets approach an effective way to address climate change?The World Bank's involvement in the carbon market is under hot debate: Janet Redman from the Institute for Policy Studies opposes its approach while Jon Sohn, from Climate Change Capital argues that there is a role for the Bank to play. read article... At the crossroads: Which way the World Bank's transport strategy?Following an IEG evaluation of the World Bank's work in transport, and delays in the release of a new Bank transport strategy, Public World director Brendan Martin asks what the Bank has learned. With spending on transport likely to increase, what direction will the Bank's transport projects take from here and who is in the driver's seat? read article... Items 1 to 10 of 419Inadequate implementation of IFC performance standardsTwo new resources have been released by the Forest Peoples Programme. read article... Indian environment ministry rejects Climate Investment FundsThe Indian ministry of environment and forests rejected the World Bank's recently finalised climate investment funds (CIFs), a snub that may prove damaging, since India would have been a significant client. read article... Dam wrong new World Bank book fails to convince critics of large damsA forthcoming World Bank commissioned book on large dams stresses their purported economic benefits whilst inadequately addressing serious social and environmental costs. The book is a further indicator of the Bank's preference for large dams. read article... Carbon Finance and the World Bank Friends of the EarthWorld Bank funding of carbon financing read article... Testing the water: How can the right to water and sanitation enhance the World Bank's policy and practice in the sector? Political cafe: In the Bank we trust (9 October)This event brought together a panel of World Bank representatives with civil society members who have worked extensively on issues of access and the right to water and sanitation. Sponsored by Both ENDS, Fresh Water Action Network (FWAN), Center on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) read article... World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2008At this year's annual meetings, the focus will of course be on the financial crisis gripping the rich countries of the world. Questions remain as to whether important issues around the World Banks role in climate change and its even governance structure will get the attention they deserve. read article... Highlights: Meeting of UK NGOs with UK Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank 5 September 2008 meeting with Caroline SergaentMeeting between UK NGOs and UK Alternate Execituve Director to the World Bank Caroline Sergeant on 5 September 2008. read article... UK NGO meeting with the Secretary of State for International Development, on the World Bank Tuesday, 30 September 2008, DFID, 1 Palace StreetSummary of meeting: the main agenda items were (1) World Bank governance; and (2) Climate change. read article... 'No regrets': The World Bank and climate change Bank proposes vast expansion of its role, ignoring criticism of past recordThe World Bank has just finished consultations on a new strategic framework for its climate change work, which has one common thread: a massively increased role for the Bank. Yet there is little reflection on the reasons why the Bank's record in this area is so poor, as detailed by a number of recent reports. read article... Bank pushes ahead on forest carbon marketIn July, the Bank named the first 14 countries for the controversial Forest Carbon Partnership Facility read article... |
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ResourcesGuide to IFC and indigenous peoples 21 November Lanco evaluation 21 November World Bank page on CIFs 21 November If Not Now, When? 13 November The Financial Crisis and the Food Crisis: Two Sides of the Same Coin 10 November Food and fuel prices: recent developments, macroeconomic impact, and policy responses 17 September Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the World Bank Group 11 September Regional conflict and the BTC pipeline 3 September Inspection Panel report: West African Gas Pipeline Project 6 August Environmental sustainability: evaluation of Bank Group support 1 August Newswire |
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