Complaint > Improving Rural Livelihoods through Carbon Sequestration Project

Filing: 80-Request for Inspection (English)

...Change and Forestry. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. [33] Pielke RA, Marland G, Betts RA, Chase TN, Eastman JL, Niles JO, Niyogi DDS, Run­ ning SW (2002). The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., 360: 1705-1719. [34] Peixoto J, Oort A (1992). PHYSICS OF CLIMATE. Melville, NY: ...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Eligibility: 71-Inspection Panel Final Report and Recommendation (English)

...Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol respectively), no major legislation in Lebanon directly addresses climate change. While Lebanon has demonstrated its commitment to address climate change through the enactment of Law 690/2005 (which includes climate change in the Ministry of (QYLURQPHQW¶V PDLQ PDQGDWH  WKH 0LQLVWU\ RI (QYLURQPHQW¶V 6HFRQG &RPPXQLFDWLRQ WR WKH UNFCCC states that the process of integrating climate measures into existing and planned pol...

Complaint > Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)-01

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal Report - Philippines/ RCBC-01 - October 2019 - English

...Climate Change: IFC’s commitments and requirements Through its Sustainability Policy, IFC “recognizes that climate change is a serious global challenge and that climate-related impacts may impede economic and social well-being and development efforts. Working with the private sector and other parties to address climate change is therefore a strategic priority for IFC.”23 The Sustainability Policy further provides that IFC, “in its efforts to support its climate-related commitments, … will produc...

Complaint > Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)-01

Filing: Letter of complaint

...climate change in the Philippines. The 19 coal projects, individually and cumulatively, will have devastating environmental and social impacts, including through their contribution to climate change. The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, including extreme weather events. These impacts affect us both as Filipino citizens and residents, and as a movement fighting for climate justice. 5. PMCJ also submits this complaint on behalf of communities and famil...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Filing: 44-Request for Inspection (English)

...climate warming will disturb the historical balance of lake rainfall and evaporation, and will create serious deficits." vii.A recent (2006) technical report of Directorate of Water Development (DWD), a lead agency, is missing in BEL's SEA. This could probably address the issues of hydrology, climate change, declining water levels in Lake Victoria and River Nile. No study released to date analyses the risks to Bujagali performance from climate change-induced drought and other h...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Compliance Report: 44-Investigation Report (English)

...Climate Change Risks The Requesters aver that the project preparation and assessment reports do not address climate change and its possible impact on power production at Bujagali. Management, on the other hand, claims that climate change aspects were addressed in different studies, such as the SSEA, which includes a detailed analysis of the impacts of climate change in the Nile Equatorial region comprising Bujagali. ...

Complaint > Dariali HPP

Management Action Plan: EBRD Management Action Plan

...climate change. The Bank should consider whether the ESIA accounts for recent effects of climate change on baseline data, risk and significance of impacts. Management Comment on Recommendation 2 The 2008 ESP underwent extensive discussion and consultation, and the 2014 ESP includes more clarity on baseline conditions and on climate change resilience and adaptation. PR6 on biodiversity now includes paragraph 7, which states “The assessment process will characterise the baseline conditions to a de...

Complaint > Natural Resource Management Project and Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project, and Kenya Urban Support Program

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration

...Climate Smart Agriculture Project. The KCSAP was approved on February 9, 2017, and the closing date is January 31, 2022. The development objectives are "to increase agricultural productivity and build resilience to climate change risks in the targeted smallholder farming and pastoral communities in Kenya, and in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide immediate and effective responser" The KCSAP benefits 24 counties selected on the basis of: (i) vulnerability to climate change a...

Complaint > Sostanj Thermal Power Plant

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...climate change. For example, among the general provisions of the ESP, Paragraph 6 states emphatically that: ‘The Bank recognises the importance of climate change mitigation and adaptation and their high priority for the Bank’s activities in the region. It intends to further develop its approach towards climate change, notably as regards the reduction of greenhouse gases, adaptation, promotion of ...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Registration: 44-Notice of Registration (English)

...climate change impacts on power production, which may cause lower lake levels and lower downstream river flows. These issues were raised in a 2005 report commissioned by the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and prepared by Water Resources and Energy Management International, Inc (WREM), a US consultancy firm. The Requesters state that BEL also ignored a technical report by the Directorate or Water Development (DWD) on climate change effects. An additional issue that, in the Requ...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Report and Recommendation

...climate change risks. The Economic Analysis relied on published analyses of climate change impacts on the Nile River hydrology by Tate, Sutcliffe et al (Appendix B4 of Economic Study). This approach concluded that no significant reduction in hydrological flow is expected as a result of climate change during the life of the Project and was independently reviewed by hydrologist Professor Juan Valdes of the University of Arizona, who also did not find evidence of downside risk of climate change on ...

Complaint > Eskom Investment Support Project

Compliance Report: 65-Investigation Report (English)

...climate change issues 100. Global climate change is widely acknowledged in the international community as one of the most serious threats to sustainable development in the 21st Century. South Africa is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the international treaty designed to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. 101. Since 1994, South Africa has engaged act...

Complaint > Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Project and Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Project - Additional Financing

Filing: 115-Request for Inspection-26Nov2016

...climate is modified to “modified equatorial climate”. This climate is much cooler than the general tropical continental climate or highland subtropical climate and changes with altitude, becoming semi-arid towards the lower reaches of the catchment. Climate Change versus Climate Variability Climate Change refers to a change in the state of the climate that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer (a permanent shift in the normal patterns of climate) while Climate variability ...

Complaint > Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)-01

Compliance Review: ToR for Philippines/ RCBC-01 Investigation - English

...climate change impacts on the Philippines and its residents, including the complaint signatories, identifying the RCBC funded coal projects as contributing to climate change. Further, the complaint raises issues related to RCBC’s environmental and social risk management system, lack of consultation and information about the named coal plants and their impacts, and the absence of effective grievance mechanisms for the affected communities. Finally, the complaint raises issues about IFC, asserting...

Complaint > Sostanj Thermal Power Plant

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...climate change mitigation and adaptation and their high priority for the Bank’s activities in the region. It intends to further develop its approach towards climate change, notably as regards the reduction of greenhouse gases, adaptation, promotion of renewables and improvement of energy efficiency, in view of strengthening the treatment of these elements in its operations”. c. ESP Para. B.3: “The Bank’s role is:...

Complaint > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Response: Management Response

...climate change will increase the surface run-off so as to counteract any decrease in flow rates even in the most unfavorable scenario; and (iii) projected water flows even after climate change variables have been accounted for will be sufficient to guarantee all currently existing water rights. The operation of the project will have to be adjusted for those changes, ensuring at all times that the pre- ...

Complaint > Boskov Most Hydro Power

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...changes are considered more than adequate. Cumulative impact on climate: The relatively small changes in greenhouse gas emissions arising from the Project would not significantly affect global climate change but the Project would contribute to reducing FYR Macedonian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the National Energy Strategy. Analysis of alternatives: Alternatives should be both “meaningful and realistic” and the Government of FYR Ma...

Complaint > Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)-01

Eligibility: CAO Assessment Report - Philippines/ RCBC-01 - April 2019 - English

...Climate Justice RCBC Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation SEMS Social and Environment Management System –4– 1. OVERVIEW In October 2017, a complaint was lodged with CAO by national NGO Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), on its own behalf as an alliance of organizations of concerned citizens of the Philippines fighting climate change. The complaint, which was supported by two international NGOs, was also filed on behalf ...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...climate change) on the water demand values for each system. Table 35 : Impact of different parameters on the Water Demand from Iber River Basin System Population Agriculture Industry Growth Climate Change – Climate Change – Growth Impact Growth Impact Impact (%) dry year- Impact (%) very dry year- (%) (%) ...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Eligibility: 44-Eligibility Report (English)

...Climate Change (IPCC) is issuing its Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report (Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability), which addresses regional impacts of climate change, particularly with regard to temperature and precipitation. 38 The Agreed Curve, as described in the Management Response and SEA, is a long-established formula designed to ensure that water flows downstream remain consistent with what would have occurred under natural conditions without the existing dams...