The Sierra Club and Bank Information Center are releasing a new report today describing the daily realities of coal impacted communities from Cirebon, Indonesia, the Konkan coast and Kutch India, Inner Mongolia China, Appalachia USA, New South Wales Australia, and Limpopo South Africa.
On June 9, 2011, Management at the World Bank submitted to the Inspection Panel three water studies it had commissioned related to the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project. In a March 2011 meeting with the Bank’s Board of Directors which took place after the Panel recommended further investigation into the potential harms of this project, the Panel agreed to wait for the results of the above-noted studies to decide whether or not an investigation of the project would still be warranted. The three studies focused on the cost, quality and availability of water associated with the project as these were identified by the Panel as the main issues warranting investigation.
The workshop Oslo REDD Exchange 2011 was organized by Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), on 23-24 June 2011.
It took many years to establish the World Bank’s operational policies that safeguard society and the environment, and are some of the world’s highest development standards. As the Bank reviews these policies, civil society is organizing efforts to present their concerns and expectations, and offer their inputs as to what the outcome of the review should be.
On June 30, 2011, the World Bank closed the controversial West Delta project. The Bank had approved the US$145 million loan to the government of Egypt in June 2007 to build an irrigation system that would divert water from the Nile to supply modern, export-oriented farms on reclaimed desert lands areas that are severely depleted …
Makatar Diop, the director of Brazil responds to civil society about their inquiry on the transparency of the activity involving DPLs between the World Bank and BNDES.
The project will require an investment of some US$118mn, being financed to the tune of US$103mn by a World Bank loan and US$15mn in counterpart funding by the La Paz government.
Complaint Raises Serious Concerns with the Project Funded by IFC’s Financial Intermediary.
The proposed Kosovo power project, including a new lignite coal plant, has brought great controversy. The United States government is caught between its stated opposition to new coal-fired plants and support for the Kosovar project.
This report from the Bank Information Center as NGO Observer summarizes the main discussions and outcomes from PC9 in Oslo, Norway.