Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, December 13, 2012 Just one week after its grim warning during the UN climate talks in Doha that the world is on a path towards a four degree-rise in global temperatures, the World Bank is set to approve financing for yet another coal plant. The plant will power a giant mining complex in …
A group of CSOs note several flaws with the Oyu Tolgoi Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and ask the company to respond to their concerns. On November 9, 2012, a network of international CSOs submitted a report to Oyu Tolgoi LLC (the Rio Tinto subsidiary that manages the mine) that outlines some of the main …
A network of Indonesian civil society organizations and indigenous peoples groups wrote to the Forest Investment Program (FIP) sub-committee that met in Istanbul early this week, urging members to prioritize legal reforms in the forestry sector. The sub-committee endorsed the Indonesian Plan while the substantive and process flaws remain intact.
Group of Mongolian herder households files complaint with Meg Taylor, the Vice President of the IFC and MIGA’s accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (“CAO”), at the World Bank’s Annual Meetings in Tokyo.
The World Bank Board of Directors has announced plans to consider a copper and gold mining project in the Mongolian South Gobi desert even though the Bank itself acknowledges that there is not enough water in the region to support the life of the Project.
July and August press coverage and developments on the World Bank-financed Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project in Gujarat, India
Following months of delay and pressure from civil society, OT LLC finally releases the long-awaited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the mine.
Following Burmese civil society and ethnic organizations’ letter to the World Bank Board and management about concerns over a rushed and secretive consultation process, the World Bank responds and posts the summary Interim Strategy Note for Burma The posted summary Interim Strategy Note (ISN) for Burma outlines the World Bank’s planned activities over the next …
Tata Mundra under investigation — if social and environmental policy violations are confirmed, project could face serious repercussions
The Panel, which recently published its fact finding mission report, also urges the IFC and the ADB for an immediate financing suspension and full audit of the Tata Mundra coal power plant.