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On January 2, 2026, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank  (AIIB) disclosed its newly updated Project-affected People’s Mechanism (PPM) Policy after Board approval. After a two year review process, the new PPM policy includes some improvements to respond to selected civil society concerns. However, there has been a failure to fundamentally change the structural problems around accessibility and effectiveness that have afflicted the PPM since inception, leading to 0 eligible cases in 7 years. Instead the new Policy simply papers over the cracks, offering improvements that are piecemeal or applicable only in limited circumstances. As a result, the Policy still falls well below international good practice. We also remain concerned about whether the improvements are sufficient to allow affected communities facing environmental and social impact to access the PPM. 

New analysis from Urgewald shows that a Glasgow based shipping company, Seapeak, played the single largest role in transporting liquefied natural gas from Russia’s flagship Arctic Yamal LNG project in 2025, with shipments corresponding to an estimated £2.3 billion (€2.7 billion) in revenue for the Kremlin.

Ten years after the founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), its first president, Jin Liqun, is handing over the reins to his successor, Zou Jiayi, today. She is a member of the Central Committee, China's highest governing body, and China's former Vice Minister of Finance. Dr. Nora Sausmikat, AIIB expert and Senior Campaigner on multilateral financial institutions at Urgewald, comments it.

A new analysis of Kpler data published today by the NGO Urgewald shows that Russia's Arctic LNG exports remain heavily dependent on access to EU ports.

As world leaders prepare to meet in Brazil for COP 30, new data from Urgewald’s Global Oil & Gas Exit List (GOGEL)reveals that fossil fuel expansion continues despite governments’ commitment to “transition away” from fossil fuels at COP 28 in Dubai. 

A new report from German environmental and human rights NGO Urgewald exposes how major financial institutions continue to bankroll the expansion of metallurgical coal (“met coal”), despite global coal phase-out commitments.