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International Financial Flows and the Environment: World Resources Institute
Recent Grants
International Financial Flows and the Environment
June, 2009
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$300,000 |
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1/1/2009 to
12/31/2010
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Environment
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International Finance for Sustainability
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Global: All Continents
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The International Financial Flows and the Environment project of the World Resources Institute provides important research and data to nongovernmental organizations and key public and private institutions on international financial flows and public policy options. The overarching goal of the project is to improve the social and environmental performance of public and private international financial institutions by holding them accountable to their investors and to the communities in which they invest. Over the next grant period, the project will continue its research and analysis work, concentrated on decisionmakers who set the policies and design the investment portfolios that shape global markets and affect the lives of millions. The project also will sustain the programmatic focus on climate change as well as the aspirations and rights of communities affected by development projects. In addition, there will be a focus on new investments in energy infrastructure by public and private international financial institutions and policy reforms at these institutions.
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Responsible Finance Campaign: Pacific Environment
Recent Grants
Responsible Finance Campaign
June, 2009
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$250,000 |
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4/1/2009 to
3/31/2011
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Environment
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International Finance for Sustainability
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Global: All Continents
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Pacific Environment's Responsible Finance Campaign promotes environmental and social policies among public and private international finance institutions. The principal focus of its work is on the oil, gas, mining, and forestry investments made in the Pacific Rim region. Building on Pacific Environment's past successes in reforming international finance institutions, it will expand efforts to reform the policies and practices of key public and private international finance institutions over the next two years. Pacific Environment's work will have a global impact on social and environmental standards for large-scale extractive and energy projects while also creating precedent-setting policies to ensure that international financial institutions apply improved standards around the world.
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Building a New Economy that Addresses Climate and Global Finance: Institute for Policy Studies
Recent Grants
Building a New Economy that Addresses Climate and Global Finance
June, 2009
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$200,000 |
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4/1/2009 to
3/31/2011
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Environment
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International Finance for Sustainability
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Global: All Continents
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The Institute for Policy Studies works in collaboration with nongovernmental organizations, academics, parliamentarians, and other stakeholders to promote financing for sustainable energy and to develop alternative proposals for the future of the global economy based on environmental sustainability, democracy, and economic fairness. This grant will support policy research on global responses to the economic crisis and global climate change. This grant will also support coordination with other organizations in the U.S., Europe, and the developing world aimed at identifying policy alternatives and financing mechanisms that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote low-carbon, sustainable development.
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Sustainable Development
The Mott Foundation’s
Environment program supports non-governmental groups (NGOs) working nationally and globally to change policies and practices of international trade and financial institutions so the environment is protected and people’s standard of living is not adversely affected by projects supported by these institutions.
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Sustainable Development - Recent News from the Mott Foundation
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Sustainable Development - Recent News from Around the Web
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NGO leader named Minister of the Environment for Paraguay
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Oscar Rivas, co-founder of Sobrevivencia -- a nongovernmental organization and Mott grantee -- was recently named Paraguay’s Minister of the Environment. Upon his appointment, he said that Paraguay needs to analyze how its development decisions are made so they do not continue to result in environmental problems. For almost 30 years Rivas has worked on technical and policy issues related to the environment, especially in the Pantanal region of South America.
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International law for development banks is topic of UN forum
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The Indian Law Resource Center’s report on the obligations of international financial institutions to respect human rights -- Principles of International Law for Multilateral Development Banks -- will be discussed at the Eighth Session of the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City from May 18-29, 2009. The center is a long-time Mott grantee.
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“The World” report illustrates residents’ reaction to mining project in Romania
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A controversial mining project in Rosia Montana, Romania, is again in the news. Several years ago, Mott’s Environment and Civil Society grantees -- including CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth International –- supported national and grassroots groups that helped engage local citizens in public decisionmaking about the project. Back then, financing by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation was an issue. Today, Mott’s grantees continue to monitor the project and informally support these groups.
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Additional Resources
- "Aguas Turvas" A new book that explains the ongoing socio-environmental problems of the Madeira Complex
Jointly published by the Bank Information Center, International Rivers and other partners, "Aguas Turvas" aims to explain the contradictions of the Hydroelectric Complex and the hydroways of the Madeira River. It will serve as a tool for those that seek to understand the history of the project and its implications for the Amazon region. - Amazon Watch
Works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial development, such as oil and gas pipelines, power lines, roads, and other mega-projects. - Bank Information Center
Partners with civil society organizations in developing and transitioning countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote social and economic justice, and ecological sustainability. - BankTrack
Is a network of civil society organizations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector (commercial banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds) and its effect on people and the planet. - Both Ends
Supports the work of environmental organizations -- primarily in developing countries, and Central and Eastern European countries -- through information, research, advocacy, campaigning, networking and capacity-building. - Bretton Woods
Works to monitor and reform the World Bank and IMF, providing critiques and early warnings used by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world. - Ecoa- Ecology and Action
Leads a coalition of organizations monitoring the environmental impacts of new and proposed investments in energy and infrastructure in the Upper Paraná River basin, and the Amazon region in Brazil. - International Rivers
Protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them by opposing destructive development projects, and encouraging sustainable ways to meet people’s needs for water, energy and protection from damaging floods.