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Fizzy Science: Loosening the Hydro Industry's Grip on Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions Research
The pages of a respected climate change journal are not a place one would expect to find a bad-tempered exchange...
Big Hydro Hides its Role in Global Warming
A bitter debate has broken out in the scientific community over hydropower’s contribution to global warming. A leading Brazil-based climate...
Letter to West LB on integrating World Commission on Dams recommendations into their macro policy. (In German)
International Rivers sent this letter to West LB, one of the largest German private banks, suggesting that West LB should...
World Bank Energy Framework Sells Climate and Poor People Short – NGOs
Singapore — The World Bank’s promise to seriously support alternative energy sources remains unfulfilled, according to a new report published...
Unterdrückung von Meinungs -- und Versammlungsfreiheit im Kontext der IWF-Weltbank Jahrestagung
Nichtregierungsorganisationen fordern klare Konsequenzen Ende letzter Woche hat die Regierung von Singapur ein Einreiseverbot für über 20 Vertreter von Entwicklungs...
Civil Society Groups Condemn Clampdown for Singapore World Bank-IMF Meetings
Civil society groups worldwide have reacted angrily to the Singaporean government’s ban on up to 20 delegates who plan to...
How the World Bank's Energy Framework Sells the Climate and Poor People Short
As the World Bank unveiled its new Investment Framework on Clean Energy and Development at its annual meeting in Singapore...
Improvements Made, But Principles Fail to Live Up To Their Potential
Equator Principles Re-Launched BankTrack welcomes any initiative that enhances the social and environmental sustainability of bank financing operations. BankTrack acknowledges...
Banks Adopt Fortified Green Principles
Dozens of commercial banks and lenders, including global heavyweights like Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Standard Chartered, signed an updated...
International Rivers' Reply to World Bank Response on Corruption Articles
Dear David, Thank you for your detailed message of June 1. We would be happy to discuss the issues at...