De Nederlandse exportkredietverzekeraar, Atradius DSB, kondigde gisteren aan een exportkredietverzekering ter waarde van 1,5 miljard euro te verlenen aan Boskalis voor een controversieel landaanwinningsproject in de Filipijnen. De toekenning van de exportkredietverzekering voor dit project druist in tegen de Nederlandse ambities op het gebied van milieu en verantwoord ondernemen. Dat zegt een aantal Nederlandse en internationale organisaties waaronder Both ENDS, CARE Nederland, IUCN NL, Kalikasan PNE en Oceana Philippines.
Both ENDS en 95 andere organisaties* hebben vandaag een brief gestuurd aan Staatssecretaris van Financiën Marnix van Rij en de Minister van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Liesje Schreinemacher om hen op te roepen de Glasgowverklaring onverkort na te komen. In deze verklaring, die Nederland en 33 andere landen tijdens de klimaattop in Glasgow hebben ondertekend, is afgesproken om direct publieke steun voor fossiele projecten te stoppen per eind 2022.
Join us for an open space for a reflection and exchange on a new dataset, developed by WRI, to monitor regreening efforts, and its applications in the Sahel.
In the drylands of Africa, land degradation threatens the livelihoods of millions of people. Fortunately, there are promising initiatives emerging all over the continent that are turning the tide. Throughout the Sahel, for example, vast tracts of land along the Great Green Wall have been restored by local communities. They have nurtured the plants that spontaneously spring from the soil, protecting young sprouts from cattle and other hazards.
Join our dialogue on how to set up more and better financial mechanisms that can support agroecological initiatives of local communities living in drylands.
The land degradation neutrality (LDN) response hierarchy of Avoid > Reduce > Reverse land degradation is an overarching principle for LDN implementation, which guides people in planning interventions to achieve LDN. The hierarchy articulates which interventions should be prioritised based on their potential to maximise the conservation of land-based natural capital, recognising that avoiding or reducing land degradation is generally more cost-effective than efforts to reverse past degradation. As value for money is highest in the Avoiding and in Reducing Land Degradation response, a smart way to spend money is to support sustainable land management approaches like agroecology that work with nature, not against it.
Join our event, providing space for an interactive discussion among COP15 participants on multi-actor collaboration and the financing of community-based restoration
This letter by Both ENDS to the African Development Bank is a comment written in reaction to a draft version published by the Bank of its Environmental and Social Policy as part of a formal public consultation held by the Bank. This comment was sent to the bank along a joint submission letter with other CSOs, and specifically responds to the overarching Policy.
The bank's flexible requirements for clients and national standards for risky projects dilute safeguards. Project approval should be predicated on specific and binding targets for compliance and reflect input from communities involved.
Together with 29 other CSO's, we've submitted our comments and recommendations in the Public Consultation on the AfDB Integrated Safeguards System. These include that the Bank should prioritize community-led development and human rights-based approaches; protect natural resources and tackles environmental and climate crises; raise the bar on access to information, transparency and accountability; facilitate participatory processes in policies, programmes and projects; and end inequality, poverty, and the cutback and privatization of vital services.
Van 9 tot 20 mei vindt in Abidjan, de hoofdstad van Ivoorkust, de 15e 'Conferentie van de UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (UNCCD COP15) plaats. Overheden, Beleidsmakers, maatschappelijke organisaties en wetenschappers uit landen van over de hele wereld gaan met elkaar in gesprek over de problematiek rond droogte, landdegradatie en verwoestijning die steeds groter worden. Collega's Nathalie van Haren en Stefan Schüller zijn erbij, net als een flink aantal medewerkers van organisaties waarmee Both ENDS soms al decennialang mee samenwerkt. Maar wat is het doel van de bijeenkomst, wat wordt er besproken en waarom is het belangrijk om erbij te zijn? We vroegen het Nathalie en Stefan.