Want to make cities climate neutral? Engage residents!
Blog entry | 11 November, 2021As multilateral development banks and national governments in Glasgow debate how cities should reach climate neutrality, they should not overlook the role of effective citizen participation in shaping cities’ future. Activists from Kyiv who successfully fought to protect unique wetlands are an example of how important it is to involve citizens in creating a better future.
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EBRD Accountability Mechanism starts a compliance assessment of MHP projects
Blog entry | 10 November, 2021The review is an independent investigation aimed to determine if the Bank has complied with its environmental and social policies in relation to the MHP projects
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How to ensure public control over projects funded by development banks in non-democratic regimes
Blog entry | 5 July, 2021In a series of video tutorials, we demonstrate tools civil society organisations and activists from Uzbekistan can use to have a say about projects supported by development banks that may affect their communities and the environment.
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European development bank’s new fossil fuels pledge falls short of aligning with the Paris Agreement
Press release | 2 July, 2021The governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), representing 69 shareholder governments as well as the EU and the European Investment Bank, decided yesterday the Bank will decrease its support for the fossil fuels industry.
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Civil society wishes on the EBRD’s 30th birthday: shut the fossil fuels party
Blog entry | 29 June, 2021People around the world are already feeling the brunt of the climate crisis on an almost daily basis. Most governments accept we are in the midst of a global climate crisis, including those controlling the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). And yet, Bankwatch’s recent analysis shows that during 2019-2020, the EBRD has awarded the fossil fuels industry more than USD 2 million every day on average. Two million dollars. Every single day.
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It is time for EBRD to become the lighthouse for fossil-free development banks
Publication | 24 June, 2021On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has the opportunity to help avert climate breakdown by putting itself at the heart of the global transition to a carbon-free economy. This joint state
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No time to celebrate: a breakthrough for human rights is needed after 30 years of the EBRD
Publication | 21 June, 2021The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) stands out among multilateral development banks with the commitment of its shareholding countries to the fundamental principles of democracy and respect for human rights. As the EBRD celebrate
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European bank challenged on human rights credentials
Press release | 21 June, 2021The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has struggled to prevent the billions of euros it lends each year from supporting autocratic regimes, finds a new report from civil society groups released on the eve of the bank’s thirtieth annual shareholder meeting.
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New beginnings at 30: can the EBRD leave behind fossil gas to become a bank fit for our future?
Publication | 16 June, 2021This report analyses the EBRD’s energy-related operations across the first two years of the Bank’s new Energy Sector Strategy (ESS) (2019-2020). This initial period of the ESS’s implementation is also compared to the previous ESS implementation period
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Complaints on controversial motorway project in Bosnia and Herzegovina trigger EBRD inquiry as forced expropriations begin in South Mostar
Press release | 27 April, 2021Local residents south of Mostar fear they could be uprooted by a motorway project financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). With forced expropriations underway, the Bank’s accountability mechanism has now announced it will investigate these concerns.
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