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Home > Archives for Rights, democracy, development

Rights, democracy, development

Amulsar’s costs to human rights and threats to environmental defenders

August 4, 2022

Armenia’s government and investors have failed to prevent human rights abuses related to the Amulsar gold mine. As we await the outcome of an EBRD investigation, environmental and human rights defenders continue to face threats. New reports show how the policies that should protect human rights and environmental defenders have failed to stop a project whose costs outweigh the benefits.

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Solar Energy Project Leaves Uzbek Women in the Dark

August 3, 2022

Solar energy may be a great solution to the climate change problem, but local communities must benefit first.

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Suggestions for donor interventions to help the green post-war reconstruction of Ukraine

July 28, 2022

This briefing gathers practical suggestions for consolidating international efforts around the idea of a sustainable post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

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EIB Global: new branding, old problems

July 20, 2022

With the launch of its new development branch EIB Global, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has shown its appetite for becoming a significant player in the field of development finance. However, without a major change in the Bank’s management and the shareholders’ approach to the impacts of its operations, EIB Global will remain a public relations exercise and a lost cause.

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Потрібне чітке бачення. Якою повинна бути зелена відбудова України?

July 19, 2022

В усіх планах реконструкції країни згадується зелене відновлення. Що це значить для конкретних секторів економіки та чи можливо втілити в …

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Կանաչ լույս՝ ընդերքօգտագործողների համար. բնապահպանները չեն հաշտվում «Ընդերքի մասին» օրենսգրքում կատարված փոփոխությունների հետ

July 15, 2022

Բնապահպաններն ու իրավապաշտպանները շարունակում են պայքարել «Ընդերքի մասին» օրենսգրքում արդեն կատարված փոփոխությունների դեմ։ Նախագահը վերջերս …

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The real cost of hydropower plants in Central Asia and the Caucasus

July 12, 2022

International financial institutions’ support for hydropower in Central Asia and Caucasus is fuel for environmental damage and human rights violations.

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Joint Response to the EBRD’s 2022-27 Strategy for Egypt

July 7, 2022

The undersigned organizations commend the EBRD’s more realistic appraisal of the human rights situation in Egypt

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Greenpeace activists raise wind turbine at Ukraine conference in call for green reconstruction

July 4, 2022

Activists from Greenpeace raised a replica wind turbine, close to the venue of the Ukraine Recovery Conference today in Lugano, in a call …

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Environmentalists Speak Out As Armenia Restarts Controversial Gold Mine

June 30, 2022

After years of indecision, Armenia appears to be preparing the way to resume the development of the controversial Amulsar gold mine project …

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