Both ENDS
Senegal is one of the countries with the highest amount of effective sunshine on earth. Instead of using the 3000 hours of sunshine a year as a source of energy, 2 new coal fired power plants are now being built with the help of the Dutch development bank FMO, using public money. This video shows the consequences for the local population.
Een jaar geleden heeft de Senegalese organisatie Takkom Jerry een klacht ingediend bij de African Development Bank (AfDB) en de Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank FMO. Zij financieren de kolencentrale Sendou, pal naast het vissersdorpje Bargny. De AfDB heeft de klacht nu erkend. FMO heeft de klacht al in behandeling en publiceert binnenkort een officiële reactie.
A letter written by Both ENDS, co-signed by 350.org, Australia, Urgewald, Germany, Green Alternative, Georgia, and others, with comments to the AIIB's Energy Strategy Issues note. This strategy prioritizes large scale energy infrastructure, which fails to meet the energy needs of local communities.
The AIIB has the opportunity to champion financing green energy systems for future generations by leapfrogging the large energy infrastructure that rely on fossil fuels, plantations for biomass or dams.
