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Letter to WB President on Ghana - July 7, 2003
This letter raises concerns about Bank support for five companies seeking mining permits in Ghana's forest reserves. The Bank has invested a great deal in promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management projects in Ghana. Support of the Ghanaian mining industry sits at cross purposes to this.
The World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Climate for Business (June 1997)
The consequences of the World Bank's fossil fuel expansion in the global South are proving devastating for the Earth's climate as greenhouse gases generated in mining and burning of fossil fuels are released into the Earth's atmosphere. The total of World Bank-financed fossil fuel-related emissions for Bank projects since the 1992 Earth Summit will result in 9.5 gigatons of carbon being emitted over the lifetime of the targeted oil, gas and coal fields, pipelines, and power plants;
