Complaint > Mario Covas Rodoanel Project - Northern Section 1 (2011)

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...changes in run-off, sedimentation of rivers, and changes in mountain contours. These changes are allegedly underestimated in the EIA and could have a significant impact on the adjacent population and urban downtown São Paulo. 1.3.2 Increased soil and water pollution: Construction and operation of the highway would increase the risk of fuel and hazardous substance spills in an area of great environmental importance. The conclusions and general rec...

Complaint > Alto Maipo-01/Cajon del Maipo

Eligibility: English

...climate change on the water level of the Maipo River, did not contain a proper hydrogeological study to assess the impact of the construction of tunnels on water and the ecosystem, and did not properly identify the project’s zone of influence. The Complainants also allege that some communities, notably El Alfalfal and Los Maitenes, suffer from noise pollution from the vibrations of trucks involved in construction of the Alto Maipo project. Finally, the Complainants raise concerns about social im...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Eligibility: 57-Final Eligibility Report (English)

...changes between CSOs and Government. 33. As for the Bank’s program in Yemen and the way forward, Management stated that the Country Office arranged frequent meetings with a cross-section of CSOs. On average, two to three events were held each month, on topics as diverse as the new Social Welfare Fund operation, the 6 Integrated Urban Development project, the Qat Demand Reduction Agenda, and Climate Change. Additionally, Seni...

Complaint > Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Project, 2nd Request

Eligibility: 18-Eligibility Report (English)

...change the conclusions reached in the First Management Response. Management continues to believe that the claims are not substantiated. 31 2.2 The claims registered by the Panel include: 1. The terms of the loans for land purchases have not been improved; 2. There is a lack of adequate lines of credit to support project beneficiaries; 3. The project pays inflated prices for la...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...changed recently and is not expected to change in the near future’. 23 17 Ove Arup & Partners, Kolubara Environmental Upgrade Project: Environmental and Social Gap Analysis Report, (April 2011). 18 Management Response, at 5. 19 Management Response, at 5. 20 Management Response, at 6. 21 Management Response, at 5-6. 22 Management Response, at 6. 23 Management Response, at 7. ...

Complaint > Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Project, 1st Request

Eligibility: 14-Eligibility Report (English)

...Changes in Costs With Changes in Inflation and Farm Income Simulation of a R$3,500 Loan Conditions: (i) 10-year repayment period, with a three-year grace period; (ii) annual installments of R$500, adjusted for the TJLP (government long-term interest rate) Year Repayment Adjustment Change in Projected Income/debt amount* for projecte...

Complaint > Dariali HPP

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...climate change considerations. According to the Complainants, therefore, the necessary data collection by the EBRD is not in line with the PR 1.5. 6 Response from Dariali Energy to PCM Officer, issued 13 January 2015. 7 Complaint Number 2014/05, p 5. 3 PUBLIC PUBLIC 11. The Co...

Complaint > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...climate change. Likewise, studies had been done on the potential impact of climate change on the project, and the project’s operation - 10 - will have to be adjusted for those changes, ensuring that the pre-established environmental flow rates are respected at each intake point. 3.9 Additionally, the sediment monitoring program adopted by the project will track hydraulic p...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation (English)

...change. The Requesters claim that the natural environment and people’s traditional adaptations in these narrow V-shaped river valleys are threatened by changes in the microclimate due to impacts from road construction, dust, vehicle traffic, reservoirs and tunneling, as well as what people observe as longer-term changes in temperatures and rainfall patterns. Furthermore, the Project is in a high-risk seismic zone. It is claimed that the Project will c...

Complaint > Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...change of the PCM contact person from the side of Complainants on the PCM Register under the Complaint Processing steps and informed the Parties of the Complaint about this change. 5. Bulgaria’s Nuclear Power Plant at Kozloduy was built according to Soviet design with six VVER type-reactors. The Western European Nuclear Regulatory Association, and other experts, concluded that units 1-4 (VVER 440-230) could not reach acceptable safety levels. The deficiencies concerned t...

Complaint > Enso Albania-02/Mat

Eligibility: Assessment Report - Enso Albania- 02 - October 9_2019 - English

...climate change, episodes of drought may occur outside of the typical dry season, and they express the need to be able to have access to enough water for their crops throughout the year, not only during the dry season, as well as their fear that the project will prevent them from doing so. The Complainants expressed their concern that the presence of the Mati 2 tunnel, which they say will run for seven kilometers under the village of Fullqet, will dry out the wells in that village. They claim tha...

Complaint > Mongolia Mining Infrastructure Investment Support (P118109) and Mining Infrastructure Investment Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: 102-Third and Final Report and Recommendation(English)-13 July 2017

...climate change and water levels. Management explains that participants can send their comments for an additional 14-day period ending July 17, 2017, and MINIS will prepare and disclose response matrices by early September. 14. Adjustments after the consultations. Management emphasizes that the PMU is currently implementing several suggestions in response to the consultations: • REA and ESIA: The GoM has agreed to prepare a stand-alone REA prior to the development of proje...

Complaint > Quilleco Hydropower Project

Eligibility: 67-Final Report and Recommendation (English)

...changes in springs and wells were not related to the Quilleco Project, “any livelihood impacts from changes in water availability from springs and wells are not the result of construction and operation of Quilleco.” Management’s Progress Report further stated that “with regard to the change in flow levels in the Laja River over the distance of the Quilleco diversion, the livelihood study indicates that no discernable impact on pasture areas or agricultural activities can be a...

Complaint > Panama Canal Expansion-01/Gatun

Eligibility: English

...Changes in fuels (changes in fuel or technology prices).  Climate change (opening of a passage in the north as a result of thawing conditions).  Opening of alternate routes: Guayaquil railway: Ecuador and Brazil; multimodal system: Peru and Bolivia; Colombia railway to transport coal to China. 9. Destruction of Panama’s archaeological heritage Civil society is concerned by the destruction of Panama’s archaeological heritage during the expansion of the Canal, specifically the remnants of t...

Complaint > Marlin-01/Sipacapa

Eligibility: Assessment

...changes to local economies. The EIR Final Report found that some of the EI projects funded by the WBG had resulted in substantial negative environmental and social impacts for affected people and that substantial changes in WBG support were warranted as a result. The report included almost 100 recommendations for the WBG divided into four main categories: Pro-Poor Governance, Environmental and Social Components, Human rights, and WBG Institutional Priorities. The independent evaluation units of ...

Complaint > Mahindra Farm Services-01/Confidential

Eligibility: English

...change in business direction might impact franchisees and farmers. When franchisees began raising these concerns, they say their grievances were ignored, and many of those who persisted were threatened or sidelined. According to the complainants, franchisees who attended a 2003 meeting convened by the company were publicly requested by MSSL officials to refrain from speaking negatively about MSSL and its business position. 3. Tractors and other machinery that MSSL leased or sold t...

Complaint > Parana Biodiversity Project

Eligibility: 41-Eligibility Report (English)

...changes” made to Project implementation after it was approved have resulted in a change of Project activities, which will prevent the achievement of the original Project objectives and will worsen the current situation, thereby intensifying the loss of biodiversity. The Requesters believe that the Project’s original objectives are far from being achieved because the Project focus has shifted: the activities planned under the Project to protect agai...

Complaint > Wilmar Group-01/West Kalimantan

Eligibility: Assessment Report, Regarding Community and Civil Society concerns in relation to activities of the Wilmar Group of Companies, November 2007

...climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants. GEF has a organizational structure with United Nations (UN) agencies and multilateral development banks partnering with CSOs to develop and implement projects. GEF has implementing agencies and executing agencies, which are responsible for developing and managing projects. The GEF’s implementing agencies are the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Prog...

Complaint > Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 3

Eligibility: Report on Eligibility in English and in Georgian [PDF] ; and Board's Decision in English and in Georgian [PDF]

...climate change if rainfall changes in the watershed of the river. There could thus be likely significant adverse and diverse environmental impacts. In addition, the Project will need to cut 68 trees from the Forest Park which are categorized as red data species under the Georgian legislation. They are 39 wych elms (Ulmus minor Mill) and 29 walnut tress (Juglans regia L). MDF intends to implement an eco-compensation program in line with Georgian legislation. 19. As part of the categorization...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Eligibility: 34-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...changes that are a product of major evolution in the hydrologic and sediment regime of the Indus River as a consequence of more than a century of accelerated irrigation and water use development. These changes have resulted in severe ecological changes to the many la- goons and lakes in the ...