Advocacy Project: Environment

Call for just transition becomes COP30 rallying cry, as doubts remain over MDBs’ growing climate finance roleFuture of IMF’s climate work uncertain, as climate crisis intensifies International Court of Justice ruling delivers ‘earthquake’ on states’ obligations to address climate crisisNew data reveal World Bank DPF ‘climate finance’ carries strong private sector bias, undermining a just transitionCOP29 sees MDBs climate finance take centre stage, as civil society brands new climate finance goal a ‘betrayal’BWP’s new briefing finds year one of World Bank’s Paris Agreement alignment in the energy sector deepened ‘green conditionalities’Year one of World Bank Paris Agreement alignment in the energy sector: ‘green conditionality’ dwarfs green investmentsIndonesia JETP’s promotion of renewable energy privatisation opposed by unions and civil societyGambling with the planet’s future? World Bank Development Policy Finance, ‘green’ conditionality, and the push for a private-led energy transitionDecolonising the global economic architecture: The prerequisite for a just transitionLaure-Alizée Le Lannou joins the Bretton Woods Project as new Environment Project OfficerWorld Bank’s reliance on private capital to finance green transition in low- and middle-income countries risks falling flatAs World Bank launches Paris alignment approach, unclear guidelines raise greenwashing concernsResilience and Sustainability Trust’s first loans promote climate PPPs, raising concerns they may create fiscal risksWorld Bank and IMF influence casts shadow over South Africa’s Just Energy Transition PartnershipIMF quota review: Putting climate at the core of IMF governance reformBridgetown Initiative calls for new Global Climate Mitigation Trust financed via Special Drawing RightsWorld Bank’s update on Paris alignment fizzles at COP27 as countries demand MDBs evolve to face climate emergencyWorld Bank’s failure to disclose details of climate finance accounting opens its claim to be leading green financier to scrutinyIMF seeks to ‘unleash’ private climate finance, as experts question ‘de-risking state’ model