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Corporate largesse meets scepticism at World Water Forum

21 March, 2012

Criticism and protests around the World Water Forum have highlighted the risk of hydropower projects being greenwashed and the dangers these installations can pose to people and nature in many countries.

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The two sides of reality – what the BTC pipeline means for the EBRD in north Africa

19 March, 2012

To illustrate its readiness to help Arab Spring countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development draws on the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline project as a positive example. Having closely followed the project, Manana Kochladze outlines why people in north Africa should be wary of what’s to come when the EBRD enters their countries.

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Infrastructure in the developing world: does it need PPPs?

14 March, 2012

Public-private partnerships have garnered a lot of criticism but continue to be on the agenda of international development banks as a alternative way to finance infrastructure.

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Poland rejects EU money for jobs and energy independence at Environment Council

9 March, 2012

Poland’s veto against increasing Europe’s 2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts to 25% is frustrating not only environmentalists in Poland and elsewhere.

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Ukraine’s risky nuclear future shouldn’t receive European support

9 March, 2012

Ukraine plans to extend the lifetimes of its fifteen nuclear reactors, most of which will soon pass their expiration date. A new report shows how these plans that are pursued in utter silence have seen only an inadequate assessment.

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