Kill the funding. Kill the pipeline.
November 1, 2017
The anti fossil fuels movement 350.org calls for cutting off the funding to new gas infrastructure for Europe – namely for the ‘carbon bomb’ that is the Southern Gas Corridor.
The great gas lock-in – industry lobbying is behind the EU push for new gas infrastructure
October 31, 2017
A new report from Corporate Europe Observatory shows why the fire-power of the gas industry makes it a powerful and effective lobbying force in Brussels and national capitals. Meanwhile, public interest groups have a fraction of the resources and access.
Green Climate Fund’s preference for big players weakens transparency
October 31, 2017
The 18th meeting of the Green Climate Fund in the beginning of October confirmed again that big institutions are getting the biggest share of finances. This time it was the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development who left its mark.
Major European loan to controversial Azerbaijani gas pipeline risks fuelling corruption, human rights abuse and climate change
October 18, 2017
A USD 500 million loan approved today by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the construction of the Trans Anatolian Pipeline is set to benefit, among others, state-owned companies in Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Nenskra HPP: the concerns of worried locals fall on deaf ears of project developers
October 12, 2017
In an interview, a teacher from Chuberi in the Svaneti mountains gave us an impression of how the project developers of the planned Nenskra dam engage with locals.
Rights, democracy and development
October 6, 2017
Whether in Europe or beyond, public money must not become an auxiliary for human rights violations or the marginalisation of affected communities. We expose cases where development banks fail to protect those impacted by their projects. We advocate for
Das Dorf und der Hühnerkönig
July 24, 2017
Ljudmilla Vdovichenko ist der Zumutungen überdrüssig, die sie täglich von den Hühnermastanlagen rund um das Dörfchen Oljanica, in der Zentralukraine, erreichen. Die Rentnerin organisiert den Widerstand gegen einen weiteren Ausbau der Hühnermastanlagen.
ARCHIVED: Southern Gas Corridor
June 30, 2017
This system of mega-pipelines meant to bring gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, is unnecessary for Europe’s declining gas demand. But the billions in public investments will boost Azerbaijan’s dictatorial regime and cause upheaval for transit communities in Turkey, Greece, Albania and Italy.
The forgotten struggle of Kenyan indigenous people
June 23, 2017
In the Rift Valley region of Kenya, Simon Sencho looks at the mountains that surround the village which used to be his home. He’s one of a thousand Maasai people who had to move, to give way to the Olkaria geothermal plant. Source: The forgotten strugg
ARCHIVED: Mombasa-Mariakani road project, Kenya
June 6, 2017
Locals affected by the road project are facing forceful eviction and have not been properly consulted or compensated. The project promoter reacts to criticism with intimidation.