Press Releases from NGO Forum on ADB (3 total)
ADB should end fossil fuel financing
NGO Forum on ADB, a network of over 250 civil society organizations across Asia calls out the Asian Development Bank to end its green posturing and make real commitments towards a Paris aligned policy and appropriate clean energy investments. This demand coincides with this year's Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2020 which started yesterday, June 16.
This year ACEF’s thematic focus is centered upon building an inclusive, resilient sustainable energy future,…
Groups hit ADB for ‘coal legacy’ and continued fossil fuel investments
Energy and climate advocates hit the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for its doublespeak on clean energy, as the Bank hosts the Asian Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) with USAID and the Korean Energy Agency (KEA) in its Manila Headquarters.
“Despite its professed commitment to ‘clean energy’, ADB’s energy legacy remains to be its funding of fossil fuels, especially coal,” said Gerry Arances, Executive Director of the Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development…
Asian Development Bank (ADB) should have explicit binding requirements for its S …
Last May 1-5 the 52nd Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors took place in Nadi, Fiji, and as the bank claims that it has been a successful event, NGO Forum on ADB questions the portrayal of the Bank as an institution committed to addressing poverty alleviation in the Asia and the Pacific. This is after the percentage of projects with environmental-safeguard-related risk grew from…
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