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 > 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 > 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 > 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 > Dariali HPP

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...climate change and adaptation issues.” See generally Bjørn Petter Kaltenborn, Christian Nellemann & Ingunn Ims Vistnes, High mountain glaciers and climate change – Challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation UNEP (2010). The ESIA here does not appear to have considered the impact of climate change on the likelihood of a glacier break at the Devdoraki Glacier based on increased glacial melting attributable to climate change. 18 See, e.g., American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Basel...

Complaint > Boskov Most Hydro Power

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...changes can be considered as more than adequate. Cumulative impacts on climate. Section 7.3 of the ESIA describes potential effects on global and local climates due to construction (7.3.1) and operation 7.3.2). The ESIA concludes that the relatively small (in global terms) changes in greenhouse gas emissions would have no significant effect on global climate change but would contribute to reducing FYR Macedonian emissions overall in line with the national strategy. Further, the ESIA concludes th...

Complaint > EPS Restructuring

Filing: Complaint

...climate change in its countries of operations. The EBRD will engage, whenever appropriate, in innovative investments and technical assistance to support no/low-carbon investments and climate-change mitigation and adaptation opportunities, as well as identify opportunities to reduce emissions in EBRD-supported projects. The EBRD will also support its clients in developing adaptation measures that promote climate-resilient investments.” Since the EPS Restructuring project is a corporate l...

Complaint > EPS Restructuring

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...climate change in its countries of operations. The EBRD will engage, whenever appropriate, in innovative investments and technical assistance to support no/low-carbon investments and climate-change mitigation and adaptation opportunities, as well as identify opportunities to reduce emissions in EBRD-supported projects. The EBRD will also support its clients in developing adaptation measures that promote climate-resilient investmen...

Complaint > Dariali HPP

Filing: Complaint (English)

...climate change, the glaciers which feed Tergi and its tributaries, are reduced by several meters every year. The issue of changing the water and solid flow caused by accelerated melting of glaciers was not taken into consideration while developing the HPP project.” In September 2013 Prof. Otar Duduari, also warned that the construction site has been chosen inadequately4. More recently, Duduari stated that a construction of a hydropower plant anywhere in the Dariali gorge would increase the risk ...

Complaint > Energy Resources Phase II & Oyu Tolgoi

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report (OT)

...Climate Change, Can Traditional Livelihoods and Mining Co-exist in a Changing Climate: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships in Mongolia to Reduce Risk and Address Loss and Damage (Final Report, 2014), at 8, available at: http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1938 12 Strategy prepared as part of the Project’s overall environmental and social appraisa...

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

Community Response: Complainant comments

...change anything in respect to the relevance of this recommendation, Complainants demand to EBRD to develop strategically impact assessment is also reflecting obligations of Serbia to align with EU 2030 and EU 2050 targets and roadmaps regarding climate change. It is EBRDs OBLIGATION to regard these strategically documents as guidance in its investments since EBRDs own statutory obligation is to align its strategically goals to EU targets. Since those roadmaps and targets where actually already i...

Complaint > EPS Restructuring

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...changes The Bank Management should report on the progress and development of the ‘guidance note’ and on the outcome of this process. 40 Bank Management Response, Annex 2 to the EAR, p. 16. 41 Among others, the Task Force on Access to Information purports to “Continue[s] strengthening implementation of the Convention's provisions on access to information, including through promoting exchange of information, experiences, challenges and good practices concerning public access to information on the ...

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

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...climate change. Based on this protocol, the baseline should include all the Scope 1 (All direct GHG emissions – defined as emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the reporting entity) and Scope 2 emissions (Indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam - Indirect GHG emissions are emissions that are a consequence of the activities of the reporting entity, but occur at sources owned or controlled by another entity, e.g. In this case – electricity)...

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

Filing: Complaint

...change substantially in the next few years”. First, although 'substantially' can be open to interpretation, we would argue that production was planned to change substantially from 2011 onwards, and that this was known at the time of the appraisal of the project. This is shown for example in the General Regulation Plan for the Area of Barosevac, Medosevac, Zeoke and Burovo (2008) (p.5), which shows that in 2011 production for the Kolubara basin was planned to be at 30 million tonnes while in 2020...

Complaint > South-West Corridor Road Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for CR (English)

...change have been in the direction opposite to the direction given in the complaint and are not related to road narrowing but different design issues of the junction. The changes have been made and are proposed to be made to make the passage under the bridge towards Russia safer. These changes primarily concern shortening the road barriers at the right side and in the middle. For the direction towards Aktobe mentioned in the Complaint, the proposed change of the central barrier will make the narr...

Complaint > EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Filing: Complaint

...changed much over the past 20 years, regardless of changes of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia since 2006. Apart from the strict centralization of decision- making, this institutional framework creates a large lack of responsibility of each entity. Since the decision is not bound to the implementation, each entity of the institutional framework may adopt any decision, and then transfers responsibility to the superior entity for the lack of implementation. Only the Government has no suc...

Complaint > EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...changed much over the past 20 years, regardless of changes of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia since 2006. Apart from the strict centralization of decision- making, this institutional framework creates a large lack of responsibility of each entity. Since the decision is not bound to the implementation, each entity of the institutional framework may adopt any decision, and then transfers responsibility to the superior entity for the lack of implementation. Only the Government has no suc...

Complaint > South-West Corridor Road Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for PSI (English)

...change have been in the direction opposite to the direction given in the complaint and are not related to road narrowing but different design issues of the junction. The changes have been made and are proposed to be made to make the passage under the bridge towards Russia safer. These changes primarily concern shortening the road barriers at the right side and in the middle. For the direction towards Aktobe mentioned in the Complaint, the proposed change of the central barrier will make the narr...