Want to make cities climate neutral? Engage residents!
November 11, 2021
As 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.
IEA call to public finance institutions: End of finance for new fossil fuel projects & massive scale-up of clean energy spending needed
October 14, 2021
Our energy systems are a long way from alignment with the pathway to stay below a 1.5°C rise in global temperatures, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2021 report published yesterday.
Letter: Loans to unsavoury states jar with EBRD’s mandate
July 21, 2021
You write that “many fund managers insist that deciding what to do about bonds issued by unsavoury regimes is not straightforward. Their …
Видеоинструкция как организации гражданского общества и активисты могут защитить окружающую среду и права человека, которые оказываются под угрозой в результате деятельности банков развития
July 10, 2021
Волонтёры сети «Bankwatch»* подготовили видеоинструкцию на русском языке, чтобы рассказать, как организации гражданского общества и …
How to ensure public control over projects funded by development banks in non-democratic regimes
July 5, 2021
In 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.
European development bank’s new fossil fuels pledge falls short of aligning with the Paris Agreement
July 2, 2021
The 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.
At 30, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development must do better on human rights
July 1, 2021
The bank has a mandate to promote democracy – so why is it investing in autocratic regimes?
Civil society wishes on the EBRD’s 30th birthday: shut the fossil fuels party
June 29, 2021
People 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.
Халқаро тараққиёт банклари: Оммавий инвестицияларнинг ҳусусиятлари
June 28, 2021
Бу табиат ва инсон ҳуқуқларини ҳимоя қилиш мақсадида жамоатчиликнинг халқаро банкларга қандай таъсир ўтказиши мумкинлиги ҳақидаги Бенквоч …
It is time for EBRD to become the lighthouse for fossil-free development banks
June 24, 2021
On 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
