350 Asia
Flip The Switch
on False Solutions
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“The future will be powered by the sun, the wind, and the people”
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) can play a vital role in promoting an equitable shift to cleaner, greener energy for the region. This can be achieved by actively supporting projects and initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance climate resilience for communities.
Let’s urge the ADB to prioritize funding for clean, renewable energy sources, moving away from fossil fuels and accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy landscape in Asia.
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Renewable energy is essential and within our reach
The ADB prides itself as a regional beacon to end poverty and improve living standards in the Asia-Pacific region. It champions projects that bolster sustainable development, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase climate resilience.
Public financial institutions like the ADB play a crucial role in driving resources for developing nations to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The ADB should focus on funding renewable energy projects and and providing technical assistance to help countries overcome challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Yet, it sometimes includes ineffective, false solutions to its projects.
Let’s urge the ADB to drive the shift towards a just energy transition in Asia.
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TELL THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB):
Flip The Switch
Public financial institutions like the ADB play a crucial role in driving resources for developing nations to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The ADB should focus on funding renewable energy projects and providing technical assistance to help countries overcome challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Yet, it sometimes includes ineffective, false solutions to its projects.
Tell the ADB to drive the shift towards a just energy transition in Asia.
Power up a just energy transition in Asia!
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) can play a vital role in promoting an equitable shift to cleaner, greener energy for the region. This can be achieved by actively supporting projects and initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance climate resilience for communities.
Let's urge the ADB to prioritize funding for renewable energy sources, moving away from dangerous fossil fuels and accelerating the transition to a safe and sustainable energy future in Asia.
OUR DEMANDS
- Full exclusion of harmful energy projects: Ensure that all future energy projects funded by the ADB exclude harmful ‘energy solutions’, including dams, nuclear, waste-to-energy, and fossil gas. Prioritize investments in renewable energy.
- Transparent, accountable, and equitable investments: Implement transparent and accountable investment practices, including the disclosure of all investments in energy projects, taking into account its social and ecological impacts.
- Grants not loans: Ensure that the ADB prioritizes grants over loans for financing energy transition projects.
- Community consultation and consent: Prioritize community consultation and consent in all energy projects, ensuring that local communities are involved in decision-making processes and that their rights and livelihoods are protected.
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our demands
- Full exclusion of harmful energy projects: Ensure that all future energy projects funded by the ADB exclude harmful ‘energy solutions’, including dams, nuclear, waste-to-energy, and fossil gas. Prioritize investments in renewable energy.
- Transparent, accountable and equitable investments: Implement transparent and accountable investment practices, including the disclosure of all investments in energy projects taking account of its social and ecological impacts.
- Grants not loans: Ensure that the ADB prioritizes grants over loans for financing energy transition projects.
- Community consultation and consent: Prioritize community consultation and consent in all energy projects, ensuring that local communities are involved in decision-making processes and that their rights and livelihoods are protected.
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A regional alliance of peoples’ movements, community organizations, coalitions, NGOs, and networks, advocating for comprehensive social transformation that addresses economic, political, cultural, and environmental issues with class, ethnicity/race, and gender dimensions.
FOSSIL FREE ADB
A network of civil society organizations and people’s movements from Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia working to pressure the Asian Development Bank to end its financing and support for gas, coal and oil.
