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WRI Releases Guide to Help Extractive Companies Work with Local Communities

March 5, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Natural-resources extractive companies are profiting financially and socially when they consult with affected communities before and during the construction of projects.

Engage Communities, Avoid Conflict

By Kirk Herbertson on March 2, 2009

As the World Bank hosts Extractive Industries Week, the story of the Mae Moh coal plant in Thailand shows why early community engagement is critical.

Counting the Carbon in Overseas Investments

By Kirk Herbertson on February 13, 2009

In a landmark settlement, two U.S. government agencies are now required to consider the climate change impacts of overseas financing.

Global Stimulus, Human Rights and the Environment

By Athena Ballesteros on January 6, 2009

International project financing primarily intended to generate jobs and growth should not ignore social and environmental safeguards in the name of economic stimulus.

Comments on Asian Development Bank’s Safeguard Policy Statement

By Kirk Herbertson on December 4, 2008

The following comments were submitted to the Asian Development Bank in 2008, regarding its Safeguard Policy Statement.

How the World Bank Group Gauges "Broad Community Support"

By Isabel Munilla on November 21, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

On October 9th, the World Resources Institute’s International Financial Flows and Environment (IFFE) team co-sponsored a panel discussion with Oxfam America and Center for International Environmental Law on How the World Bank Group Gauges ‘Broad Community Support’ for Projects.

G-8 Endorsement of World Bank Falls Short

By Smita Nakhooda on July 11, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

Much of the response to the G8 summit has focused on how leaders of world’s richest countries “missed an opportunity” to lay out strong long-term commitments and targets on greenhouse gas emissions.

Can the World Bank Lead on Climate Change?

June 11, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.

As the finance ministers of the G8 countries begin their annual meetings this Friday in Osaka, Japan, they are expected to endorse two multibillion dollar funds to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Smart U.S. Climate Change Policy Can Create Fair Playing Field on Trade

May 21, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S. climate change policy can reduce emissions and ensure fair international competition without carbon tariffs, through pursuing international agreements on key industries and targeting relief specifically to impacted domestic firms.

Protecting the Peruvian Amazon and its People From the Risks of Oil and Gas Development

By Jon Sohn on October 25, 2007

Many Peruvian school children aren’t taught that isolated indigenous groups live in the Amazon tropical forests of their country. Further, some mining and oil company officials continue to deny that these communities exist.

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