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As the IFC reviews its Sustainability Framework, it has a crucial opportunity to strengthen protections for people & the planet.

This must include stronger safeguards, proper consultation, & more transparency on investments.

Learn more: re-course.org/ifc-sustaina...

#WBGmeetings #IFCexposed

Bold systemic change is needed but can feel impossible. We have ideas about how to make change happen so capital systems better serve people + the planet.

We'd love to share with @socapglobal.bsky.social at #SOCAP26, but we need your help - please share + vote today! socapglobal.com/session-idea...

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Too often, IMF programmes reinforce fossil fuel dependence and shrink fiscal space for climate action.

As the Fund reviews its Conditionalities and Programme Design, it must align with countries’ climate goals.

Recommendations from civil society: re-course.org/newsupdates/...

#IMFmeetings #IMF

Graphic flyer for this event: "Civil Society Policy Forum 2026. A unique moment for synergy: Aligning OECD, WB, and IFC initiatives on responsible business conduct and development." Headshots of five speakers: Marian Ingrams, Director OECD Watch. Prabindra Shakya, Convenor AIPNEE. Grant Binder, Principal Environmental Specialist, Policy & Standards World Bank Group. Ida Mc Donnell, Head of Development Research Unit OECD. Daniel Willis, Lead, Upholding Rights Recourse (MODERATOR). Time date and location: 15th April, 15:00-16:30 EDT. World Bank I building, room I2-250. Logos of supporting organisations.

Today at the #WBGMeetings

Join Recourse and @oecdwatch.bsky.social for a panel discussing the role of the World Bank Group and development finance in driving responsible business conduct.

📍 15:00-16:30 in World Bank building I, room 2-250

💻 Watch remotely here: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

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As the World Bank Group considers merging its accountability mechanisms, it must strengthen access to remedy, not weaken it.

Communities harmed by projects from #Nepal to the #Philippines are still waiting for justice.

More on why this matters: re-course.org/accountabili...

#WBGmeetings

WEBINAR 📌 Ahead of the Santa Marta Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, join us for a discussion on the role of international financial institutions in enabling or obstructing a just transition

🕚 Tomorrow, 15th April, 11:00 GMT
🔗 bit.ly/financedebtandfossilfuel

#FossilFreeFuture

Without safeguards & consent, geothermal energy ends up being a false solution to the climate crisis, for which local communities pay the price.

We urge the World Bank Group to put people and nature first for a truly #JustTransition!

Briefing 👉️ re-course.org/newsupdates/...

#BankOnRenewables

Looking at #geothermal projects across Indonesia, the study reveals that development banks' financing models have too often sidelined local people’s needs in favour of pulling in private investment.

Impacts include water scarcity, job losses, toxic pollution - all felt most keenly by women.

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#Geothermal energy: Between climate solution and
socio-environmental risk

A new study by Trend Asia explores the World Bank's role in funding the geothermal boom in Indonesia, and raises questions on scale, ownership and financing models.

We unpack it below 🧵

#WBGmeetings #BankOnRenewables

From mining to farming, IFC projects affect millions of people. We need strong safeguards to protect their rights.

Over the years, the International Finance Corporation's investments have left a troubling trail of harms and human rights abuses in their wake.

Its safeguards have not always been strong or respected enough to protect communities.

Read their stories on the new website #IFCexposed 🔍 ifc-exposed.org

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It's time the World Bank Group stopped backing #FossilGas & #FalseSolutions.

Public finance should support renewable energy systems that expand access & protect communities, not lock countries into volatile energy pathways.

re-course.org/newsupdates/false-solutions-finance-briefing/ #WBGmeetings

FPIC is widely recognized in private sector standards.

But how is it being implemented in practice?
Join the conversation at the #WBGMeetings on April 14 | 15:00–16:30 (EDT)
🌐 www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

@oxfamamerica.bsky.social @re-course.org @tallgrassinst.bsky.social

🚨 #NewReport: Our latest research shows fuel subsidy removals backed by World Bank & IMF in Egypt, Kenya & Bangladesh hit women girls & gender-diverse people hardest who bear the brunt of rising fuel & living costs 🧵

www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2026/04/gend...

At the World Bank & IMF Spring Meetings, we are calling for development finance that puts people & planet first.

That means stronger safeguards, access to remedy, people-centred renewables, and rights-based approaches.

👉️ re-course.org/newsupdates/spring-meetings-2026/

#WBGmeetings #IMFmeetings

The World Bank & African Dev. Bank energy access initiative for Africa, #Mission300, needs to break free from gas.

Many of the M300 country compacts still rely on #FossilGas, despite evidence of the economic and environmental risks.

More in our blog ⤵️
re-course.org/newsupdates/... #WBGmeetings

As the Fund reviews its conditionalities & programme design this year, we urge it to learn lessons from the #Argentina case.

Recommendations for the #IMF:
• Assess gender & climate impact of its programmes
• Set goals for social spending, not floors
• Align with the Paris Agreement

#IMFmeetings

Climate change is a threat to macroeconomic stability, the very mandate of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The case of Argentina is an example of how the IMF too often prioritises short-term wins over long-term resilience, to the detriment of people and the planet.

What needs to change?🧵

Eight years of IMF programmes in Argentina has coincided with increased fossil fuel extraction, environmental policy deregulation and reduced fiscal space for climate action.

More details in new briefing by @farnargentina.bsky.social and partners👇
farn.org.ar/documentos/a...

#IMFmeetings

Can #Mission300 deliver clean, affordable & accessible cooking solutions at scale?

Join us at the #WBGMeetings for a panel exploring how the World Bank can support just transitions for households across Africa.

🗓 14 Apr, 13:00–14:30 ET
📍 WB I 2-220

Livestream: worldbank.org/en/events/20...

At next week’s #WBGMeetings, join us for a panel on Indigenous Peoples' rights and consent in private sector standards.

We'll share lessons, name the gaps, and push for stronger respect for Indigenous Peoples’ consent in business.

📍 14 April 15.00-16.30 in DC
📺️ www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

The project is “shrouded in secrecy," says Prabindra Shakya of local organisation AIPNEE

“It is time for the IFC to disclose publicly all documents relating to its involvement with IME Group, to show how and why it didn't apply its Standards [of] protection and respect for Indigenous Peoples.”

The case is currently in compliance appraisal after IFC's financial intermediary client refused to engage with the assessment process

Following the Assessment Report, we call for a full compliance investigation.

Details: re-course.org/newsupdates/nepal-cable-car-case-full-compliance-investigation/

🇳🇵 Indigenous Yakthung (Limbu) Peoples in Nepal have filed a complaint to the IFC's accountability mechanism regarding its support for a cable car project that threatens their sacred mountain, environment & rights.

All you need to know about the case ahead of the #WBGmeetings 👉️ bit.ly/pathivara-case

Accountability & access to remedy can’t wait.

At the #WBGMeetings, join a panel on the IFC Remedial Action Framework to discuss what effective remedy looks like and how to move from talk to action.

Livestream: www.worldbank.org/en/events/2026/01/12/civil-society-policy-forum-spring-meetings-2026#1

World Bank Group, where's the remedy? 🇵🇭

Communities harmed by an IFC-backed coal boom in the Philippines are still waiting for remedy, nearly a decade after they first raised concerns about the impacts.

Find out everything about the case on our webpage 👉️ bit.ly/philippines-coal

#WBGmeetings #Coal

Spring 2026 This issue highlights how the World Bank’s role in US-led Board of Peace sparks concerns over politicisation, weakened UN authority, and accountability gaps, as well as debates around IMF fiscal…

🚨Now out #BWObserver Spring 2026

CSOs raise concerns about the WorldBank's controversial role in the US-led Board of Peace, together with questions on accountability, rising debt pressures and IMF's austerity, and unequal development models shaping the global economy.

🔗 tinyurl.com/BWObserverSp...

We're at the Spring Meetings next week, calling for development finance that puts people and planet first.

That means investments in sustainable renewables, stronger safeguards, and support for long-term resilience.

Our demands & activities👇 #WBGmeetings #IMFmeetings

re-course.org/newsupdates/...

#WBGMeetings: Join us for a panel on Indigenous rights & consent in private sector standards.

We'll look at how #FPIC is applied in practice & explore how to strengthen standards for IPs.

📍 14 Apr, 15.00-16.30, I 2-220
Register for remote participation by 3 Apr: www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/...

#FossilGas is being sold as Africa's development pathway, but the financial risks, debt burdens, and the current LNG price shocks all point the other way.

In this new blog, Rajneesh Bhuee sets out why IFIs must stop pushing gas in 🌍️ and #BankOnRenewables instead ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/drill-...

IFC’s new gas projects will destroy Africa – The Mail & Guardian This is a familiar pattern. International financial institutions socialise risk and privatise profit, while invoking development rhetoric to justify fossil fuel

"Development finance should be about expanding choices for countries, not locking them into outdated energy systems."

In this recent op-ed, Karabo Mokgonyana of @powershiftafrica.bsky.social exposes the IFC's risky moves to back new fossil gas projects across Africa.

🗞️ mg.co.za/thought-lead...