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An Asian-led CSO network working to make the ADB and AIIB responsible and accountable for the impacts of its projects and policies.
Quezon City, Philippines
Joined May 2013
💨 Communities near geothermal plants report respiratory & skin diseases, polluted water 💧, and water scarcity 🚱. @ADB_HQ must ensure that its proposed energy policies safeguard human health and well-being. READ: 🔗 https://t.co/ZjKoRghNjS
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🌏✊ Human rights defenders from Asia-Pacific are uniting to demand accountability from development banks & amplify voices of communities most impacted by energy & extractive projects. 📌 Rights & Remedies are Non-Negotiable!
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⚡ @ADB_HQ proposes supporting geothermal as “renewable,” yet communities in Indonesia & beyond face severe impacts 🏞️💧 ✊ Communities must be central in decision-making. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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⚡ Communities & the planet need strong safeguards! 🌍✊ @ADB_HQ draft 📑 Guidance Notes on Environmental & Social Standards (ESSs) are open for review. 📅 5 Sept–3 Oct (ESS1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10 + FI) 📅 Mid-Sept + 1 month (ESS3 & ESS6) READ: https://t.co/bkNxcu7STY
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🌱 Geothermal isn’t automatically clean — @ADB_HQ projects have caused harm to Indigenous & rural communities 🏞️💧💨 Health risks, loss of livelihoods, & earthquake risks reported. Community safety & environmental sustainability must come first. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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Francisco said a group of lenders, including the @ADB_HQ Development Bank, are keen on funding the waste-to-energy facility, marking Romero’s foray into the energy sector. https://t.co/P4aC1ddVaw
insiderph.com
Tycoon Reghis M. Romero II is moving forward with a 100-megawatt waste-to-energy plant on the former Smokey Mountain dumpsite in Manila, transforming the once infamous landfill into a new source of...
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❌ Behind “green” hydropower are displacement 🏚️, militarization 🚔 & ecological collapse 🌱. @ADB_HQ, Communities deserve justice ⚖️, not dams. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRghNjS
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🌊 Indigenous Peoples have said it for decades: dams destroy lands 🌱, culture 🎭 & lives 🧑🏽🤝🧑🏾. Respect #FPIC ✅. Reject hydropower in @ADB_HQ policy. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRghNjS
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⚠️ Hydropower projects risk landslides ⛰️, floods 🌊 & droughts ☀️—made worse by climate change. @ADB_HQ must stop financing false solutions. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRghNjS
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The @ADB_HQ Critical Mining Agenda Should Stop Going in Circles
thediplomat.com
Civil society groups have documented the environmental and social costs that are exacted across the lifecycle of “clean energy” technologies.
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🚫 @ADB_HQ hydropower greenwashing must end. Dam failures 💥, floods 🌊 & forced displacements 🚷 show large hydro is NOT climate-resilient. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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🌊 Large dams ≠ climate solutions. They displace Indigenous Peoples 🧑🏽🤝🧑🏾, destroy rivers, and deepen debt 💸. @ADB_HQ must stop calling hydropower “renewable.” READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRghNjS
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⛽ Fossil fuels = climate chaos 🌍🔥. Every dollar for gas robs us of real solutions 🌞💧. @ADB_HQ must stop fueling the fire. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRghNjS
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🌍 Just transition means no fossil fuels ⛽🚫. @ADB_HQ must phase out gas & fund renewables 🌞. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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💸 Climate leaders don’t fund gas ⛽🔥. @ADB_HQ must end fossil fuel finance now. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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Fossil fuels = 💰 for few, pain for many 👩👩👧👦🌍. @ADB_HQ must invest in community renewables 🌞. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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🚫 1.5°C = zero new fossil fuels 🌡️. @ADB_HQ must stop funding gas & oil ⛽. READ: https://t.co/ZjKoRgil9q
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In the ongoing @ADB_HQ Energy Policy Review, one question stands out: Who really benefits from ADB’s “critical minerals” definition? 🌍 Risks: ❌ Harming people ❌ Damaging the environment ✅ Benefiting a few We need a fair, accountable, people-centred transition.
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As the @ADB_HQ Energy Policy Review unfolds, we must speak out: ADB is increasing vulnerabilities in mining-affected areas ⛏️💔 Clean energy must not cost: 🌱 Land 💧 Water ✊ Human rights We need a just, accountable, people-centered transition.
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During the @ADB_HQ Energy Policy Review, we must see the pattern: From Coal to Critical Minerals = Same Playbook ⚠️ 💣 Same exploitation 🌍 Same destruction 👥 Same communities hurt We need ⚡ community-owned renewables, not another resource rush. 🌱
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