Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Compliance Report: Final Report (English)

...winds. According to CGPL, coal dust pollution is strong during the three winter months when wind blows from the coal stock piles towards the village. Residents of the Wand and Tunda villages confirmed this, but also indicated that they were regularly cleaning to remove the dust deposits. They complained about strong coal dust pollution all year round. The pollution is much stronger at Wand village, where some houses are located less than 300 m away from the CGPL coal storage area and convey...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Filing: Complaint

...wind). Serbia has less than one percent of electricity produced from new renewable energy sources. The Law on Energy Efficiency was passed in 20103, and although it emphasized the 2 www.rbkolubara.rs 3 http://www.epcg.co.me/pdf/06_01/Zakon_o_energetskoj_efikasnosti1.pdf 4 importance of energy efficiency in energy consumption, the concept of energy efficiency is not clearly de...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Filing: 16-Request for Inspection (English)

...wind-swept, arid lands currently used for grazing by indigenous nomads, into intensive agricultural production. It also includes the construction of a 40-meter dam; extensive irrigation networks; rural roads; increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; labor mobility (encouraging migration from a rural way of life to the cities); and the potential entanglement with the extensive lao gai prison labor network and its associated industries. Moreover, it raises serious questions about the recognize...

Complaint > Oyu Tolgoi-01/Khanbogd

Agreement: Khanbogd Tri-Partite Council MoU - English

...wind and cold.6 In addition, the possibility of land freezing under the thin layer of animal droppings in the animal shelters was not taken into account, which led to big losses of livestock in the 2004 zud7 for all resettled households, resulting in a drop in living conditions. The ground under animal droppings in our winter camps, which were used for generations by herder households, does not freeze, keeping animals warm during the winter. In addition, the diminished quantity and quality of pa...

Complaint > GCF-EBRD Egypt Renewable Energy Financing Framework

Compliance Review: Compliance Appraisal Report

...wind power subproject to the Programme https://www.greenclimate.fund/document/post-approval-environmental-and-social-safeguardsess-report-fp039-gcf-ebrd-egypt-renewable 8 and strengthening of the regulatory context for renewable energy in Egypt. Component 1 (up to USD 4.7 million in non-reimbursable GCF grant funding) is a technical assistance programme to create an enabling environment for private sector renewable energy investment in Egypt; and Component 2 (up to USD 150 million in reimb...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 19-Eligibility Report (English)

...winds blew mats of the weed all the way from the headwaters of the Kagera in Rwanda and Burundi. The hyacinth also flourishes in nutrient-rich waters, as those along the Uganda shoreline of the lake are believed to be. At the outset of the LVEMP, the area between Entebbe and the Uganda/Kenya border had numerous floating mats of water hyacinth, and some bays were completely filled with the densely packed weed. Behind the Owen Falls dam, the hyacinth was backed up to the railway bridge over the Ni...

Complaint > Boskov Most Hydro Power

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...wind, solar and sustainable biomass have not been properly assessed and the area for the project could be considered a “critical” habitat by virtue of the proven presence of the Balkan lynx in the Project area, which, according to Macedonian scientists, is a critically endangered species. During discussions in Skopje on 7th February 2012, the Complainant provided further information comprising maps showing current and proposed zoning of the Mavrovo ...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Dete...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Dete...

Complaint > Real LRIF-01/Coban

Compliance Report: English

...wind power projects in Central America and elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. During its pre-investment review, IFC acknowledged that such projects could have negative impacts on local communities, including Indigenous Peoples. IFC also acknowledged the Fund lacked experience in the management of E&S risk. To help avoid and mitigate these risks, IFC agreed to support the Fund to develop a best-in-class ESMS. IFC also undertook to closely monitor the Fund’s compliance with IFC E&S requ...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Eligibility: 16-Eligibility Report (English)

...wind during land development in order to minimize wind fetch and the potential for erosion. It has also been recommended that no land development be done during the windy period of the year (April–May) to further reduce risks. However, in response to concerns, it has been agreed that the Pre-Pilot Phase of the Project will be used to carry out additional research on the impacts of the existing adjacent settlements on ecological systems outside the Project development areas to provide a quantifie...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...wind)’. 41 In support of this contention, the Complaint cites the relevant energy 39 Kolubara III Complaint, at 5. 40 Project No. 17829 - 2001 EPS Emergency Power Reconstruction Loan; Project No. 27005 - 2003 EPS II; and Project No. 41923 – 2011 Kolubara Environmental Improvement Project. The Complaint also suggests, at 6, that the impacts of the mooted Kolubara B Project, involving a proposal for a new 750 MW lignite-fired power plant next to the Kolubara lignite mining basin, should be c...

Complaint > Lydian Intl3-01/Gndevaz & Jermuk

Compliance Report: English

...wind direction.  Presence of Armenian “Red Book” species of Flora and Fauna at the mine site.15 C. Social Issues, Quality of the ESIA, and Consultation Processes  Transparency and adequacy of consultation for the land acquisition process.  Whether negotiations to purchase lands from Gndevaz residents were done under duress because of the threat of expropriation.  Risks of impacts to the tourism sector in Jermuk from negative perceptions of mining with ...

Complaint > Gibe III Hydroelectric Power Project

Compliance Review: PROBLEM SOLVING REPORT

...wind power, solar, atomic energy. The Northern part of Kenya is rich in wind power. There is already a wind power project at Lake Turkana where the ADB is a co-financier. Hydropower is the least costly and cleanest option for the four countries at the moment - Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and Sudan • For indigenous peoples living around Lake Turkana, free, prior, informed consent to developments that affect their lands is now firmly entrenched in international law and recognised as such by th...

Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Compliance Report: 24-Investigation Report (English)

...wind energy, “there is insufficient information at the present time, on which to consider wind energy as a significant source of grid-based energy. Further investigation of the wind resource in Uganda would be valuable.”192 As for solar power, the Report concludes that: 187 Id, Section 4.2.3 188 Ibid. 189 The Acres Report, p. 4-26 190 Id, p. 4-27. 191 Id, p. 4-37. 192 Id, p. 4-41 ...

Complaint > Southeast Europe Equity Fund II

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for CR

...winding up of the Management Agreement, and is confident that the Company’s view will be quickly confirmed in a court of law. 7. The Executive has opened a case in the Kosovar court system. Interestingly, the Executive’s legal complaint is significantly different than the complaint submitted to EBRD via the Project Complaint Mechanism. While the PCM action states that the Executive was compelled to file such complaint “on grounds of protecting the Kosovar p...

Complaint > Boskov Most Hydro Power

Filing: Complaint

...wind, solar and sustainable biomass, there are certainly technically and economically feasible alternatives to the project. However the alternatives have not been properly assessed due to the lack of Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Strategy for renewable use of energy sources of the Republic f Macedonia. PR 6.13: Irrespective of whether it is natural or modified, some habitat may be considered to be critical by virtue of (i) its high biodiversity value; (ii) its impor...

Complaint > Lydian Intl3-01/Gndevaz & Jermuk

Monitoring: English

...wind direction Biodiversity and the presence CAO finds that IFC’s review and supervision of the project risks to of Armenian “Red Book” biodiversity during the period 2007–13 were insufficient. species IFC did not have assurance that the client was in a position to meet the requirements of PS6 in relation to critical habitats. Baseline studies undertaken to support the Armenian environmen...

Complaint > Belgrade Solid Waste PPP

Filing: Complaint

...wind, solar), while for waste management, prevention, Please write on a separate sheet wherever needed. 4 composting and recycling certainly have lower emissions than burning waste, especially when one considers the need to manufacture new materials to replace those burnt. It should also be pointed out that although the ESIA tries to present the incinerator as a sustai...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Filing: Complaint from Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers Rights) regarding Tata Ultra Mega, June 11, 2011

...winds and currents. The creeks also form a natural drainage system; if disrupted, unseasonal flooding could occur. The Mundra‐Anjar zone is also a major site for salt production; its 1,720 hectares of salt beds contribute roughly one tenth of the total production in Kutch. These are a major source of livelihood and employment for nearly 15,000 persons who produce around 600 thousand MT annually which is valued at close to INR 300 million.9 With such rare ecological diversity, a clear safeguard m...