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🌏 Where is AIIB energy financing going in Southeast Asia? New infographic reveals ongoing fossil gas support in: 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇱🇦 Laos 🇻🇳 Vietnam Despite climate pledges, AIIB risks locking in fossil dependence. 📊 tinyurl.com/AIIBEnergyInfo

🌍 AIIB in Central Asia & the Caucasus: Financing the future — or fossil fuels? New infographic shows energy investments in: 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 📊 tinyurl.com/AIIBEnergyInfo

Forum network & allies held strategic engagements the AIIB Annual Meeting — from 📌 project discussions to 🤝 dialogues with Board & Management — pushing for ✊ meaningful CSO engagement & 🔍 greater transparency. 📸 Lala Dela Torre (Forum) & Kaniz Rabeya (CLEAN)

📰 AIIB Observer Vol. 3 is out! From Dhaka to Sri Lanka to Latin America, communities are raising the alarm on risky AIIB projects: 📍 Waste-to-energy in Dhaka 📍 Tourism in Indonesia 💥 Greenwashing & expansion 📖 tinyurl.com/ObserverV3

🌏🔥 The June issue of #Bankwatch is out! We dig into: ⚡ ADB’s fossil gas addiction 🌊 Risks at Laguna de Bay 🚯 Incinerator debt traps 👩🏾 Gender justice & the AIIB 🌴 Climate finance in the Pacific Real stories. Real resistance. 📖 Read now: forum-adb.org/bankwatch

The AIIB has approved a controversial incinerator project in North Dhaka—touted as “green,” but in reality, it’s locking communities into pollution, debt, & decades of dirty energy. 🔥 Incineration ≠ climate solution 💸 Communities pay the price 🌍 Real zero waste alternatives

🔥📢 Bank Climate Advocates sues U.S. Treasury for withholding IFC climate docs! 📄 BCA demands release of GHG impact & alternatives analyses for 13 high-emitting projects — crucial for 🌍 transparency & 🟢 Paris alignment. READ: tinyurl.com/mvaad2vv

🌍 Dr. Rene Ofreneo reflects on #FfD4: While leaders in Sevilla pledged to mobilize $4T for the #SDGs, the “Sevilla Commitment” lacks clear reforms for a just, inclusive financial system. The Global South needs more than funding—it needs real change. READ:

Coal is Clean for Rural India and Dirty for Urban? 🪨 Rollback of FGD rules is a shortsighted, unhealthy, and economically flawed move.🔴 In a deeply worrying move, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has exempted 79% of coal-based thermal power

👥 Civil society orgs joined AIIB technical sessions, offering key insights. ⚠️ But their voices remain limited in major panels. ✅ True impact needs CSO involvement in agenda-setting & decision-making. READ: tinyurl.com/ForumAIIB25

🚫 Since 2019, AIIB Project-Affected People’s Mechanism (PPM) has accepted zero complaints. ⚠️ This reveals serious access barriers for communities seeking redress. READ: tinyurl.com/ForumAIIB25

🗞️ NEWS: Experts in rights and public accountability have hit out at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for failing to meet international standards in its latest accountability policy. Read: re-course.org/newsupdates/ai… #AIIBAccountabilityNow Reactions 🧵

“The AIIB is shooting itself in the foot by blocking its option of triggering an investigation by the PPM. Self-initiating complaints can be a valuable tool, which many other mechanisms use. What is the AIIB so scared of hearing?” 📣Kate Geary @Recourse #AIIBPeopleOverProjects

“The policy may not be reviewed again for a long time. This would mean that its major accessibility and effectiveness gaps may be locked in and the ability to hold #AIIB accountable for harms caused by its financing will remain a pipe dream.” 📣Radhika Goyal Accountability Counsel

Without a mechanism that is fit for purpose, the AIIB will simply continue evading accountability for harming frontline communities. Listen up AIIB! Details + more reactions from civil society urgewald Coalition for Human Rights in Development 🌎👇 re-course.org/newsupdates/ai… #AIIBAccountabilityNow

🔥 AIIB still funds gas, fossil fuel & WTE projects across Asia. 🌍 This trend contradicts its climate promises & Paris Agreement goals. READ: tinyurl.com/ForumAIIB25

📉 8 months into AIIB Gender Action Plan, civil society sees weaker gender integration. 👩‍💼 Without a full-time gender team, GAP risks becoming a mere checklist. READ: tinyurl.com/ForumAIIB25

As a typhoon battered the Philippines, Asian Development Bank pushed through a flawed “consultation” format that restricted civil society’s ability to meaningfully participate in the Energy Policy Review. 📢 NO to rushed, exclusionary reviews. No justice in haste. ✊ tinyurl.com/ADBJuly22Letter

🌎 Civil society flags AIIB potential role in South America’s SAIR initiative. 🚧 Concerns grow that infrastructure plans may harm Indigenous rights & ecosystems. READ: tinyurl.com/ForumAIIB25