ADB’s Energy Policy Is Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
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ADB’s Energy Policy is Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
by Jason Weiner, Executive & Legal Director, Bank Climate Advocates & Nazareth Del Pilar, Just Transitions Advocacy Officer, NGO Forum on ADB Asian Development Bank (ADB) calls itself the “climate bank of Asia and the Pacific.” But with its proposed changes to its Energy Policy, it risks betraying that title. At a time when climate change is hitting the region’s most vulnerable the hardest, ADB appears to be weakening its climate commitments—qui…
Concerned groups criticize ADB’s rushed energy policy review
With the review set to conclude in October, civil society groups say time is running out for ADB to course-correct. ALBAY – More than a month into its fast-tracked energy policy review, civil society organizations (CSOs) across Asia said that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has yet to respond to criticisms over lack of transparency and meaningful consultation. The three-month process from July to October 2025 is called “dangerously brief” and…
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