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 > 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 > 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 > Improving Rural Livelihoods through Carbon Sequestration Project

Management Response: 80-Management Response (English)

...Climate Change (UNFCCC) Kyoto Protocol. The Project must comply with CDM rules, which have been agreed by over 185 countries that are parties to the Kyoto Protocol, including India. The Bank is obliged to follow the CDM framework and its application, and its third party audit and certification process. 4. The Project is implemented by two Project Entities, JK Paper Mills Limited (JKPL) and VEDA Climate Change Solutions (VCCSL). The Project Entities are required to comply with the CDM framew...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Response (English)

...Climate Change. BEL’s SEA reports do not ad- The SEA addressed social and environmental issues dress climate change and its possible impact on related to the project; the broader climate change (and power production at Bujagali. Current and future cli- hydrology) aspects were addressed in different studies mate models indicate hotter, drier conditions, lower which have also been publicly disclosed. lake levels and lower downst...

Complaint > Eskom Investment Support Project

Management Response: 65-Management Response (English)

...Climate Change (UNFCCC) in August 1997, and accession to the Kyoto Protocol in July 2002; (b) adoption of a National Climate Change Response Strategy (2004), which outlined a broad range of principles and policy measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate change; (c) association with the Copenhagen Accord of 2009, which has led to South Africa's political commitment to implementing economy-wide emission targets for 2020; (d) issuance of the Regulations for Energy Efficiency; (e) recent iss...

Complaint > Energy Loss Reduction Project (Rogun HPP, Tajikistan)

Management Response: 70-Management Response (English)

...changes in water flows as a result of climate change and global warming and take these into account while finalizing the design of Rogun HPP and its operating regime. The Consultant should assess the possible positive aspects of Rogun HPP in the context of climate change - flood control in the event of higher flows due to climate change, avoided carbon emission of Rogun HPP relative to similar-sized fossil fuel generation; the beneficial impact it would have on the glaciers and other sources of ...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Commissioned Studies-Technical Review of Source Water Quantity

...Climate Change and Aquifers a) Climate change Climate change effects, observable on the order of decades, are beyond the scope of this analysis. Although these effects are accounted for, to some extent, in the decision to use data from only the past 20 (rather than 47) years to calculate Karoun Reservoir net inflows, an accurate picture of these effects also depends on an analysis of long‐term trends in population growth and water utilization patterns. b) Aquifer storage and recharge The GBWSP i...

Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Management Response: Management Response

...Climate Change Risk Assessment (DCCRA) for the PIC.16 The IDB has been providing ongoing support, for both the construction and operation aspects of the PIC. For the supervision of construction activities, the UTE has contracted a supervision firm (SNC Lavalin under the first two grants of the program and BETA Engineering for the following two). In addition, there have been at least quarterly visits by the Environmental ...

Complaint > Water Supply Augmentation Project, Greater Beirut Water Supply Project and its Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...climate change are addressed in the potential local climate changes but ES/A. The ESIA includes a chapter on Climate Change and disregarded the impact of dam Water Resources (ESIA, pp. 57-63) and the potential impacts constructions on the Global Climate on local climate change were also included in the ESIA (ESIA, Change. Studies have demonstrated p. 163). that dams play a negative role in the ...

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

Management Response: 18-Management Response (English)

...change the conclusions reached in the First Management Response. Management continues to believe that the claims are not substantiated. 1 The Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project is financed in part by Loan 4147-BR for US$90 million. It was approved by the Bank’s Board on April 22, 1997 and became effective on September 12, 1997. The Project is part of the Bank’s Rural Development Compact and was rated by the Quality Assurance Group (QAG) as one of the two best-practice operations...

Complaint > Rio Bogota Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project

Management Response: 108-Management Response(English)

...Climate Change); River are supportive of the objectives of said MEA. the same applies to Law 629 of December 27, 2000 ratifying the country’s adherence to the Kyoto Protocol on GHG UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (the (Greenhouse Gases). UNCCC) Direct website link: ...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Management Response: 57-Management Response Annexes 2 to 8

...Climate Assessment: Priorities and Recommendationsfor Accelerating Private-Led Growth (May 12,2006) World Bank. Development Policy Review (March 2006) World Bank Group, Doing Business 2007 (Washington: World Bank Group, 2006) World Bank. Yemen Urban Land Policy and Administration Policy Note (2006) United States Department of Commerce U S . Department o f State, Investment Climate Statement - - Yemen (Washington, DC: 2006) Wor...

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

Management Response: 102 - Management Response (English)

...climate change bility, are part of the ToR. and desiccation of Mongo- Section B 4.3. – Climate Change Assessment – of the Shuren Fea- lian landscape will be ex- sibility Study states: “The Consultant shall, based on global and acerbated by dam projects. regional studies, and climate change projections, estimate the Flow volumes are decreas- ...

Complaint > Togo LCT-01/Lome

Management Response: English

...climate resilience of infrastructure along coastal areas in Togo. These efforts are important to seeking broad, long-term solutions. IFC will seek to use the World Bank Group's convening role to try to bring the relevant parties together on this important issue for Togo. IFC will stay engaged with the client to ensure that its obligations under the Performance Standards are met and appreciates the engagement with CAO on this investment. We look forward to continued dialogue in this regard. More ...

Complaint > Panama Canal Expansion Program

Management Response: Submission of the final document to the Board of Executive Directors for consideration

...climate change on water availability. Although ACP projects a 7 percent cushion to allow for an increase in demand, any significant change in these variables could lead to a situation where there is not enough water to allow normal canal traffic and other uses. In anticipation, indigenous communities affiliated to the Unión Indígena y Campesina have already expressed concern and active opposition to the planned damming of rivers in their territories as the Panama Canal Watershed could expand to ...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Management Response: 57-Responses to Questions from the Requesters and the Inspection Panel

...Climate Change, Anti-Corruption and Strengthening of the Social Welfare Fund) and offering help to do so. In this regard, two missions visited Yemen (November 3-5, 2009, and December 12-15, 2009) to reiterate these messages and to concretely support the Bank's advice for Government-led consultations on operations that the Bank supports. In May 2010, the Region took stock of the impact of this advice in an assessment note that was shared with Government in June 2010. Consultations wit...

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

Management Response: 14-Management Response (English)

...changes to help ensure better compliance with Bank policies and procedures. The objective is to stop the operation and any contemplated expansion, because the Requestors do not believe that the Government should be pursuing a voluntary, market-based approach to achieve redistribution of land assets in Brazil. “Expropriation means punishing (in accordance with current legislation) the owners of large tracts of land who keep them in unproductive state and/or fail to fulfill the soci...

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

Management Response: Management Response

...Climate change: bearing in mind the Management shares the Requesters’ concerns regarding NDC of Mongolia we request the greenhouse gas emissions. Emission issues are assessed as part Inspection Panel to review whether of the CIA. The Bank will advise the Borrower to mitigate any alternatives to this coal project and its climate change impacts as identified in the CIA. The Bank is associated facilities have been analysed also working with the Borro...

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

Management Response: Management Response

...Climate change: bearing in mind the Management shares the Requesters’ concerns regarding NDC of Mongolia we request the greenhouse gas emissions. Emission issues are assessed as part Inspection Panel to review whether of the CIA. The Bank will advise the Borrower to mitigate any alternatives to this coal project and its climate change impacts as identified in the CIA. The Bank is associated facilities have been analysed also working with the Borro...