Complaint > Eskom Investment Support Project

Filing: 65-Request for Inspection (English)

...wind, solar, and rail projects. The World Bank is ambiguous about whether South Africa's national legislation governing resettlement is equivalent to that of the World Bank's policy. In order to attain a fairer outcome for any displaced people, this issue should be examined. Human Rights 15. South Africa's actions related to the Eskom project violate the human rights of the communities, and are inconsistent with the South African Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Ri...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Compliance Report: 46-Investigation Report (English)

...wind farm planned in Europe.” Newsfromitaly.today.com. Economy, Industry. 2 December 2008. http://newsfromitaly.today.com/2008/12/02/signed-commitment-to-the-largest-wind-farm-planned-in- europe/#more-7 Accessed 9 July 2009. 18 allow electricity to be transmitted in either direction. The interconnection line and the wind farm have an estimated cost of 1.25 billion Eu...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Management Response: 28-Management Response (English)

...wind, it moves towards Luzon’s west shores in a north to northeasterly direction. 27. The EIA estimated that from the total residential water pollution load of 390 tons/day of BOD, about 30 percent or 130 tons/day of BOD would be removed from MM’s waterways by effective performance of existing septic tanks and improved Central and Pampanga. This caused widespread economic and environmental damage and created vast tracts of barren land in the area once considered the “rice and sugar bowl” o...

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

...wind, solar and/or alternative water power energy options, in addition to the “no project” scenario. The REA will also contain a cumulative impact assessment of potential projects in the Selenge River basin in Mongolia. The GoM will hold public consultations on the draft REA. Management explains that it will support the PMU in the review of the TORs, which could be completed by August 2017, and estimates that the contract for the study could be s...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Response: 34-Management Response - Elaboration of the Short Term Action Plan

...wind energy for pumping and generation of electricity. 13. Program approach. Partner organizations work with communities in their designated area to mobilize community participation and organization. They assist the new community organization to determine needs and priorities, project selection and preparation, and determine community participation in implementation including cost sharing in kind. Training is provided to new community organizations. Strategies for assisting the communities, ...

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

Filing: 102 - Request for Inspection (English)

...wind, coal. By supporting two hydropower dams the MINTS project encourages development of a sector Encouraging inefficient which has a very questionable future and the highest possible risks of failure in Mongolia. OP 4.01 - Environmental Assessment development of energy sector • When in 2012 Rivers without Boundaries (RwB) suggested to the WB Task Team Leader at the ...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...wind). Since Kosovo is a signatory to the Energy Community Treaty, two objectives of the strategy, i.e., decommissioning of Kosovo A and bringing Kosovo B into compliance with the EU Directive on Large Combustion Plants, represent legal obligations under the treaty. 16. Implementation of the above strategy is expected to reduce particulate matter (PM) emissions by over 90 percent and sulfur and nitrogen oxides by more than 70 per- cent over the current levels. In the absence of new capacity...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Management Response: 16-Management Response (English)

...wind during land development in order to minimize wind fetch and the potential for erosion. It has also been recommended that no land development be done during the windy period of the year (April–May) to further reduce risks. However, in response to concerns, it has been agreed that the Pre-Pilot Phase of the Project will be used to carry out additional research on the impacts of the existing adjacent settlements on ecological systems outside the Project development areas to provide a quantifie...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Response: 31-Management Response (English)

...winds as the rotary cross spectrum between wind and currents showed good correlation at the diurnal frequency. The sub-inertial period energy decreased with depth for the whole year. Tidal height measurements are given in the Final Report of the Oceanographic Program, Hazen and Sawyer, October 199. The fluctuations are small, generally less than 45 cm, and so do not contribute significantly to the currents. 2.3 Density Stratification Density stratification, the variation of seawater density with...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Action Plan: 34-Second Management Progress Report Annex (English)

...wind energy for pumping water and generating electricity; and (vi) reducing physical vulnerability, through the construction of flood protection and sea water containment structures and better response mechanisms by communities. 8. Financing agreements have been signed over the last year with ten partner organizations (POs) participating in the SCAD through an informal organization, the Sindh Coastal Areas Network (SCAN). The network provides a platform for improving the quality of life, allevia...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Filing: Request for Inspection

...wind speeds of 10 metersper second or more. Consequent&, up to 50% of the area is not properly irrigated The coordinator conciudes his letter by exhorting the World Bank to act in favor of the project: We wish to draw your attention once again to this cynïcul disregard, so that the World Bank can tmly asume its responsibility towardfamilies affected by the &, and so that we do not go hungry in thefuture, as victims of a mistakenpolicy thai the Bank itse!fpubldy cord.znrz (Annlex N>. Official le...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Action Plan: 31-Management Progress Report

...wind patterns. The Bank will also request that ACUACAR hire an international expert to provide a third and independent opinion on the two- dimensional models contracted under the Project and the detailed review presented in Annex B of the Panel's report. Itisk of Diapirismri (mitd In response to the Panel's suggestion and given the utility and relatively low cost of suchI volcanism) a survey. ...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Eligibility: 28-Eligility Report (English)

...winds could carry floating septage towards the shoreline.45 According to the Response, a Bank-hired independent expert (Fenviron, December 1995), and a study prepared by Danish Hydraulic Institute (MSSP-Modeling of the Dispersion of Septage from Ocean Dumping, January 1997), concurred with the EIA/EMP that the environmental risk in the sea disposal of septage would be insignificant.46 30. According to Management the sea disposal site is one of eight waste ...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Action Plan: 34-First Management Progress Report (English)

...wind energy for pumping water and generating electricity; and (vi) reducing physical vulnerability, through the construction of flood protection and sea water containment structures and better response mechanisms by communities. 8. Financing agreements have been signed over the last year with ten partner organizations (POs) participating in the SCAD through an informal organization, the Sindh Coastal Areas Network (SCAN). The network provides a platform for improving the quality of life, allevia...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Eligibility: 46-Eligibility Report (English)

...winds and currents, will affect the enclosed Vlora Bay and contaminate the Vlora city air. These effects will have a negative impact not only on local population and fishing but also on the tourism industry which is an important source of employment and income in the area. The Requesters stated that the prospect of economic growth of the area is mostly based precisely on the activities to be harmed by the Project, namely tourism and fishing. 29 Manageme...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 19-Eligibility Report (English)

...winds blew mats of the weed all the way from the headwaters of the Kagera in Rwanda and Burundi. The hyacinth also flourishes in nutrient-rich waters, as those along the Uganda shoreline of the lake are believed to be. At the outset of the LVEMP, the area between Entebbe and the Uganda/Kenya border had numerous floating mats of water hyacinth, and some bays were completely filled with the densely packed weed. Behind the Owen Falls dam, the hyacinth was backed up to the railway bridge over the Ni...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Determined...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Determined...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Filing: 16-Request for Inspection (English)

...wind-swept, arid lands currently used for grazing by indigenous nomads, into intensive agricultural production. It also includes the construction of a 40-meter dam; extensive irrigation networks; rural roads; increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; labor mobility (encouraging migration from a rural way of life to the cities); and the potential entanglement with the extensive lao gai prison labor network and its associated industries. Moreover, it raises serious questions about the recognize...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Eligibility: 16-Eligibility Report (English)

...wind during land development in order to minimize wind fetch and the potential for erosion. It has also been recommended that no land development be done during the windy period of the year (April–May) to further reduce risks. However, in response to concerns, it has been agreed that the Pre-Pilot Phase of the Project will be used to carry out additional research on the impacts of the existing adjacent settlements on ecological systems outside the Project development areas to provide a quantifie...