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 > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

Filing: Request Receipt

...climate change and desertification 2) Ten consecutive years of drought in the basin affected by the project 3) Real flow rates of the rivers that will be affected 4) Effects on la sedimentology of the river 5) Effects of the project on glaciers and groundwater 1 See: http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project-description-title,1303.html?id=CH%2DL1067 2 Source: Annex 08. River Basin Management and Climate Change. The case of the Maipo. 3 La ECR is the environmental permit o...

Complaint > Panama Canal Expansion Program

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...climate change and ENSO events as environmental risks to the Project, even though some of this analysis was not provided directly by the ACP. But the Panel could find no evidence, that the Bank identified the risk that human consumption could be greater than anticipated due to urban growth rates. 5.26 Evidence of the Bank’s identification of the risks associated with climate change and ENSO events is found in various Bank documents for the Project. For ...

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

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...climate, the Requesters argue that the Biosphere Reserve sequesters carbon produced in the city. The EIA does not address the Project’s impact on potential climate change in the region. The Requesters also highlighted that the impact on health will be significant since the analysis of the beltway’s impact on health caused by pollution levels used local standards that are not as strict as those used by the World Health Organization. In addition, they allege that the EIA d...

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 > Panama Canal Expansion Program

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...Climate Change II (PN-L1074).56 Under component 2, “Government and Financial Management to Improve and Consolidate Institutional Capacity for Comprehensive Management of Natural Disasters and Climate Change Adaptation,” the proposed Project aims to formalize the creation of a “National Platform of Disaster Risk Reduction” which envisions the inclusion of the PCA among its member agencies. In this context, there might be an opportunity to utilize the proposed natural hazard risk assessment (supra...

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 > 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 > Rural Land Titling & Registration Project in Peru - Third Phase

Filing: Request Receipt

...changes to public policies is mentioned, but there is no guarantee whatsoever that these changes will take place. Consequently, the design of the ESMP, including the proposal for several envisaged activities is inadequate to ensure that harm to native communities and their lands is prevented. -4- The ESA did not consider an analysis of the indirect and cumulative effects on a wider area of influence (wider than the land to be titled in isolat...

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 > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Response: Consideration by the Board of Executive Directors of the Recommendation and ToRs

...climate change. Likewise, studies were done on the potential impact of climate change on the project, and the project’s operation will have to be adjusted for those changes, ensuring that the pre-established environmental flow rates are respected at each intake point. 4.7 Additionally, the sediment monitoring program adopted by the project will track hydraulic profiles downriver, so that control measures can be activated to guarantee water flow. 4.8 ...

Complaint > Ituango Hydropower Plant

Filing: Request Receipt

...changes in the structure and composition of the plant cover, decreasing the size of the patches and altering the plant species populations.”77 Similarly, the deterioration of this critical plant cover contributes to climate change. The tropical dry forest should be considered a critical habitat by IDB standards. For this reason, the destruction of this ecosystem constitutes a violation of the policy on natural habitats and cultural sites, as well as the policy on environmental sustainability. 2....

Complaint > Sao Jose dos Campos Urban Structuring Program

Dispute Resolution: Consultation Phase Report distributed to the Board of Executive Directors

...change. In April 2013, the ICIM team held a meeting for public information exchange in Banhado, in which the program’s components and its objectives were clarified, emphasizing the justification for resettlement. This was important because in the electoral period, the possibility had been raised of some of the families remaining in Banhado, which would have created high expectations among some of the area’s residents who did not wish to reloc...

Complaint > Pando-Monte Lirio Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Action Plan: Action Plan by Management received at ICIM

...climate change, and will be complementing the Terms of Reference to strengthen the component of management of hydrological resources in the CVR basin in order to address recommendations of the ICIM. The contract for the development of the Watershed Management Plan for the CVR under the Technical Cooperation with ANAM was awarded to the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) and is waiting for final signature by the Contraloría of the Republic, which is expected by Januar...

Complaint > Productive and Tourism Infrastructure Program for the Province of Rio Negro

Dispute Resolution: Consultation Phase Report Public Disclosure

...changed, and that, going forward, these alterations could cause a further drop in sales and even business closures. The Requesters also complained of a lack of access to information regarding the work, the execution timeline, and changes in vehicle and pedestrian traffic patterns during construction. During the Eligibility Stage, the MICI conducted a mission to get a better understanding of the allegations set out in the Request and the planned redevelopment work in Mitre Street. During the miss...

Complaint > Rural Land Titling & Registration Project in Peru - Third Phase

Dispute Resolution: Consultation Phase Report Public Disclosure

...changes in staffing, from the minister to the director of the execution unit, with whom the MICI has established channels of communication on each occasion, to actively engage them in the process. 2.12 The IDB moved ahead with a change in the Project Team Leader, and the MICI brought on a new case officer for the process, while the position of Consultation Phase Coordinator was left vacant.9 There was a change in the presidency of AIDESEP and in the tec...

Complaint > Pando-Monte Lirio Hydroelectric Power Project

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...changes in hydrology and disruption of river continuity; (b) potential cumulative impacts on water use, including ecotourism and rafting activities, due to changes in hydrology and barrier effects of the dams; (c) potential cumulative impact on estuary habitat due to sediment deposits related to the erosion caused by the Project; (d) potential changes in water quality due to sediments and residues from the drilling process; (e) absence of an understanding of the cumulati...

Complaint > Northern Corridor Highway Improvement Program - Santa Barbara - Rurrenabaque and San Buenaventura

Filing: Request received by Executive Secretariat

...climate changes and increased deforestation. Year after year, this region has seen extreme phenomena occurring with a higher frequency -- torrential rains and increased river flows that are creating situations as the floods we are experimenting these days, posing serious life-threatening risks to the people who live in Rurrenabaque and any neighboring municipalities. This bridge project also poses risks to the mountain areas that are regarded as a ...

Complaint > Development of the Industry of Products of the Vegetable Sponge

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...change of information via e‐mail, as well as by telephone and video‐conference, as needed over the course of the assessment; b) Interviews, discussions, and preparation sessions with the Requester, as well as bilateral exchanges with the Country Office; c) A working meeting for information‐sharing among all parties involved, via video‐ conference; d) A visit to the Loofah S.A. factory; and e) Compilation and analysis of the documentation received. 2.3 ...

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

Appraisal: Assessment Report Public Disclosure

...Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, is financing the Program through a series of grants and technical cooperation operations. Executing Agency The UTE is the Executing Agency of the Program. Since 2014, the operation of the PIC is the responsibility of SONAPI. However, given that the concerns of the Requesters ...