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Green Climate Fund must say no to partnerships with HSBC, Crédit Agricole
SONGDO, SOUTH KOREA — The Green Climate Fund must not channel its money through two scandal-ridden international commercial banks that are leading funders of the coal industry, say civil society gr…
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OPIC: Financing for the sake of development or corporate welfare?
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation provides financing to projects in the name of helping countries develop. The problem is that often these projects seem to help large corporations more than…
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Input for GCF ESMS
Joint civil society submission: Inputs for the Green Climate Fund’s to-be-developed Environmental and Social Management System
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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…