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Namibian smelter expansion risks deepening environmental and health problems

July 17, 2017

As it nears two years of a Bankwatch visit to the copper smelter in Namibia and the uncovering of an unsafe arsenic disposal site, a planned expansion has revealed so far undisclosed environmental information.


Exporting toxic pollution from Europe to Namibia

November 19, 2015

The case of the Tsumeb smelter in Namibia demonstrates how European pollution is exported to the Global South with indirect help of public development money.


Public action: Mourning the demise of Czech responsibility for climate action

October 12, 2015

Video and pictures from a public action agains lifting the coal mining limits in the Czech Republic that so far have saved towns from being resettled.


Financing the post-2015 agenda – the problematic role of development banks

September 24, 2015

The heavy involvement of international financial institutions in the post-2015 development agenda raises serious questions for civil society around the world on whether the SDGs will manage to address the root causes of inequality, poverty and environmental degradation.


Azeri regime stifles criticism ahead of European Games. European lender must finally take measures.

June 10, 2015

UPDATE 1 12h CET 12 June 2015 Platform have taken to the streets of London to protest the opening of the European Games. See a video of the action below, and read more in their book published Friday, All that glitters, which explores how the European Games belong to the Aliyev regime and the British oil company BP and how sport is being co-opted in the service of a dynasty and fossil fuels. ––––


Ukraine’s Other Chernobyls

April 30, 2015

For safety reasons, Europe must help the Ukrainian government retire, not revive, its nuclear reactors. (This commentary originally appeared on Project Syndicate.)


Exhibition brings coal-affected communities in Colombia and Croatia a step closer together

March 24, 2015

A photo exhibition in Croatia is connecting the dots between communities in Colombia and the Istrian coast that are negatively affected by coal.


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