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• New policy ignores section of coal industry with highest CO2 emissions
• Some of the world's largest coal producers not affected
• BlackRock still biggest investor in coal plant developers

•    Parliament approves new exclusion criteria for Pension Fund

•    8 coal companies likely affected by divestment

•    Coal plant developers still pollute Pension Fund’s portfolio

•    Parliament approves new exclusion criteria for Pension Fund

•    8 coal companies likely affected by divestment

•    Coal plant developers still pollute Pension Fund’s portfolio
 

•    Large-scale Study on 675 Active World Bank Energy Projects

•    21 Billion Dollars for Fossil Fuels, Only 7 Billion For Clean Renewable Energy 

•    Bank Must Stop Supporting Fossil Industries and Advocate an Upstream Carbon Tax for Fossil Exploration and Extraction 
 

•    AIIB President can decide about many projects on his own
•    Standards of other multilateral banks not met
•    China could abuse bank for its geopolitical interests
 

A new analysis by Urgewald, the German human rights NGO, finds that the World Bank is still resettling people in many of its development projects. Altogether, Urgewald screened 1,920 projects approved by the World Bank in its last 4 fiscal years (FY). From 37.2% to 40.1% of the projects were connected to the World Bank resettlement policy.