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ESIA Ghana Takoradi Port Expansion Comments
Friends of the Earth U.S. writes to provide comments on OPIC’s potential support for the proposed expansion of the Takoradi Port in the Western Region of Ghana.
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Electrify Africa: Impacted communities must be given a voice
More than two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lacks electricity, with that number growing to more than 85 percent in rural areas. The Electrify Africa Act of 2015, a legislative initiativ…
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Response to Green Climate Fund and appropriations package
Washington, D.C. – The appropriations package released late last night does not block funding for the Green Climate Fund. Karen Orenstein, senior analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., had the fo…
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FTT advances could lead to down payment on climate finance gap
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth’s Senior I…
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Special Climate Envoy Sterns boasts on climate finance ring hollow
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern spoke today about the U.S. role in climate negotiations, including climate finance. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pic…
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COP Blog: Paris’s $100B question
Originally posted on Environmental Finance At the Paris COP, it is hardly possible to overstate the importance of climate finance – the provision of funds by developed countries for developing cou…
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Green Climate Fund: A Primer
Primer outlining Green Climate Fund, created by Friends of the Earth International.
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No to HSBC and Credit Agricole at GCF
Calling on the GCF Board to reject the applications of these Big Banks for accreditation, given their massive financing of climate pollution, poor human rights records and long-term involvement in fid…