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 background... Items 1 to 10 of 506Update on the Climate Investment Funds July 2010 summaryAs pilot countries are selected and funding allocated, concern mounts over poor consultation, the weakness of some country proposals, and failure to address governance issues. read article... Meeting of UK NGOs and Susanna Moorehead, UK Executive Director to the World Bank, and Rachel Turner, Director of International Finance Department, DFID July 2010Notes of the meeting read article... Is IFC palm oil investment a foregone conclusion?The World Bank is currently undertaking a major review of its controversial engagement in palm oil production, but critics warn that consultation has been inadequate and that the Bank seems to have already decided to continue investment in the sector. read article... IFC finances China investment in AfricaIn April, the International Financial Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, agreed to finance Chinese investment in a Tanzanian commercial complex in Dar es Salaam. read article... World Bank clings to fossil fuels, stumbles on clean energyThe World Bank's energy lending suggests that it remains wedded to fossil fuels, as independent evaluators and civil society groups raise serious concerns about its approach to energy efficiency and renewables. read article... Resistance to Bank's role in climate finance as alternatives gain tractionAs talks aim toward an agreement on climate finance in December in Cancun, fault lines remain about the role of the World Bank. Contradictions in recent Bank lending and contributions to alternative financing mechanisms have fuelled ongoing debates about the Bank’s role. read article... World Bank engaged in controversial Ethiopian dam?In May, over 30 NGOs worldwide issued a letter telling IFIs, bilateral development agencies, and export credit agencies to stop investing in the Ethiopian hydropower project Gilgel Gibe III. read article... Court finds fault with IFC-backed paper millControversy over the Botnia paper mill, which was part financed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private sector arm, continues as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Uruguay breached regional treaty obligations by failing to properly inform neighbouring Argentina when authorising its construction. read article... Clean energy targets for the World Bank Time for a recountThis paper questions what the World Bank counts as clean energy and whether it reports on its energy lending in an accountable way. The concerns it highlights demonstrate the need for a far more rigorous and transparent approach, subject to independent monitoring. read article... Meeting on the World Bank with DFID April 2010Notes of a meeting between Rachel Turner of DFID and UK NGOs, April 2010 read article... |
Articles: 2881 Related itemsRecent briefings & reports
Update on the Climate Investment Funds: July 2010 summary 27 July 2010
Clean energy targets for the World Bank: Time for a recount 14 May 2010
Fundamental change or more of the same?: A review of G20 progress towards UK civil society recommendations 22 April 2010
Fuelling contradictions: the World Bank's energy lending and climate change 19 April 2010
The World Bank and energy: time for a catalytic conversion 12 April 2010
Update on the Climate Investment Funds: March 2010 summary 16 March 2010 ResourcesUpdates on the FCPF 27 July NGO letter on FCPF delivery partners 28 June Governance in REDD+ 27 June Online discussion with World Bank climate change team manager 27 May IEG on China utility-based energy efficiency finance programme 14 May NGO letter 10 May Joint Statement of Indigenous Peoples, Smallholders and NGOs to IFC Consultation on Palm Oil 1 May New analysis: FY2010 already the World Bank's largest year for fossil fuel spending to date 29 April Newswire |
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