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How Institutions like the World Bank Group Finance Fossil Fuels
The World Bank Group’s mission is to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity on a livable planet.
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EXIM Bank critical minerals comments
The civil society and Indigenous-led organizations below respond to EXIM’s request for information to assist the United States Export-Import Bank (EXIM) in supporting critical minerals projects.
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Hundreds Gather for World Bank/IMF Action Day to Say: For People, For Planet – Decarbonize, Decolonize!
On the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Institutions, hundreds rallied and marched to demand the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund make deep changes to their business as usual…
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Public Enemies: Assessing MDB & G20 International Finance Institutions’ Energy Finance
Significant continued fossil fuel support by a handful of countries is blocking a globally just and equitable transition to clean energy.
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U.S. blocks clean energy transition with outsized fossil fuel support
The United States and a handful of other bad actors are blocking a just transition to renewable energy with continued and outsized financial support for fossil fuels.
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Export-Import Bank Fuels Financing for Bahrain Fossil Fuel Expansion
By financing overseas fossil fuels in Bahrain and elsewhere, the U.S. Export-Import Bank is gambling with the planet and with people’s lives.
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Caving to Republicans and Big Ag, SEC Finalizes Dramatically Weakened Climate Disclosure Rule
The SEC today voted to finalize a dramatically weakened rule on climate-related financial risks, caving to Republicans and the Big Ag lobby and allowing corporations to conceal their emissions.
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Recommendations for DFC’s Suspension and Debarment Rule
DFC’s proposed rule should include provisions to ensure that DFC and the U.S. government do not provide funding to entities that cause harm and make no efforts to remediate the harm.
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A Risky Bet: The IMF’s Role in Mozambique’s LNG Development
Serious financial, social, environmental, and climate risks aside, the development of LNG in Mozambique has also been tangled up in a corruption scandal of international scale, and a devastating milit…
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Export-Import Bank Votes to Proceed with Bahrain Project Financing in Closed-Door Process
Today the board of directors at the United States Export-Import Bank voted to notify Congress about potential financing for fossil fuel expansion in Bahrain.