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Energy PlanningWorld Bank, Climate Change and Energy Financing: Something Old. Something New?In April, 2011, we co-authored a report with Groundwork and Friends of the Earth on energy financing at the World Bank, titled "World Bank, Climate Change, and Energy Financing: Something Old. Something New?". Read the report below, and download the report at the link that follows. Why India Doesn't Need World Bank Energy FundingBy: Matilda Lee, The EcologistAhead of the release of the World Bank's revised energy strategy, the Ecologist speaks to sustainable development advocate Srinivas Krishnaswamy about why despite huge gigawatt power projects, 45 per cent of India's households still lack electricity Related content:
World Bank Would Restrain Finance for Coal Power in Energy Strategy DraftBy: Sandrine Rastello - BloombergThe World Bank is considering limiting its financing of coal-fired power plants to the poorest countries as part of a new energy strategy, a draft prepared for the board of directors shows. Related content:
Uncovering the Mekong Region’s New Dam Proponentsby Carl Middleton In the Mekong region, ongoing economic growth despite the global economic crisis continues to drive a push for extensive dam-building. Since we last reported on the Mekong region's new dam builders from Thailand, Vietnam and China in 2007, these developers have proposed even more ambitious and controversial projects, including a cascade of 11 dams on the Mekong River's mainstream (see "New Report Urges Ten-Year Dam-Building Freeze on Mekong"). Climate change is increasingly cited as a justification for dam building, as is a serious drought and then floods that have ravaged the region this year. Related content:
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Protecting Rivers and Rights: The World Commission on Dams Recommendations in Actionby Katy Yan  The most comprehensive guidelines for large dams that protect the rights of river-dependent communities were outlined by the World Commission on Dams (WCD) in 2000. Ten years later, International Rivers is happy to announce a new briefing kit for activists and allies, "Protecting Rivers and Rights: The World Commission on Dams Recommendations in Action," as part of our WCD+10 activities to move the dams debate forward. The purpose of this publication is to provide activists with concrete examples of where and how the WCD principles have been applied, and what happened when they were ignored. Civil Society Letter to the World Bank on Large HydropowerMs. Kathy Sierra Dear Ms. Sierra, Related content:
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