Stories and advocacy

Too good to be true:the true cost ofgreen hydrogen in Chile
For the local Indigenous Chango communities in northern Chile, the arrival of green hydrogen is only the last drop in a long history of ...

Georgia: how a community living near a port is struggling for their right to breath clean air
In Georgia, for the community living near the Poti port life has become unbearable, because of the noise and air pollution. Despite these ...

Uganda: Stop EACOP coalition calls for release of 7 student activists
On 24 November 2023, the Ugandan police arrested 7 student activists who marched to the Parliament to petition against the EACOP pipeline.

Civil society meets with IDB President to strenghten dialogue and address challenges in the region
On November 10, 25 civil society organizations from Latin America that are part of the IDB Working Group met with the president of the ...

If it generates debt, it is not development
If it generates debt, it is not development. Who is readjusting the international financial system and for what purpose?Â
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FIC23: Civil Society Insights
This month, public development banks from all over the world met in Cartagena, Colombia, for the Finance in Common 2023 Summit with a stated ...

FIC23: Beyond propaganda
Beyond propaganda: activists from all over the world join the Finance in Common Summit to denounce real impact of development finance
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CSOs declaration – Civil Society Declaration – Finance in Common Summit 2023
As the world’s PDBs gather for the Finance in Common Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, over 40 civil society organizations, communities and human ...

Recommendations on reprisals for the EBRD E&S Policy review
A group of 17 CSOs from around the world addressed a letter to the EBRD, presenting a series of recommendations on how the Bank should address ...

Kenya: conservation project leads to human rights violations and reprisals
In Korbesa, a village in the region of Isiolo in Eastern Kenya, a conservation project is leading to violent attacks against the local ...

Communities in Liberia fight back against the International Finance Corporation
For the Indigenous communities living near the Salala rubber plantation in Liberia, life is a daily struggle. The milky latex extracted from the ...

Joint statement: AfDB should open spaces for civil society and communities
On 24 May 2023, over 45 African and international organizations called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to open spaces for civil society ...
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