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World Bank to Fund Gibe III Dam through the Backdoor?
Indigenous people affected by Gibe III. Alison M. Jones for www.nowater-nolife.org Some projects are so destructive that no reputable actors...
NGO letter to the World Bank regarding the Ethiopia-Kenya transmission line
Letter written by a coalition of NGOs to the World Bank on May 21, 2012, raising concerns regarding the Ethiopia-Kenya...
Jorge Molina Comments on Jirau Dam (Brazil)
Comments on the Jirau Hydropower Project: Transboundary Impacts Submitted to Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd. I am writing to express...
World Bank Needs to Make Infrastructure Work for the Poor
Kikwit is a town of almost one million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Its inhabitants have no...
Philip Fearnside Comments on Jirau Dam (Brazil)
THE JIRAU DAM’S CDM PROPOSAL: COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT Updated version: June 1, 2012 Philip M. FearnsideNational Institute...
Communities protect rivers and strengthen climate resilience in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the countries most seriously threatened by the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and...
Hydro CDM Hall of Shame
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is meant to catalyze climate-friendly and sustainable projects in low-income countries. Instead, it’s provided massive...
Keep the Salween River Free
The Salween River is one of the region’s last largely free-flowing rivers and is shared by China, Thailand, and Burma....
Report Calls on New World Bank President to Change Course on Infrastructure
Infrastructure lending has once again become the World Bank’s core business. A new report by International Rivers reviews the Bank’s...