5 Years of AIIB: NGOs Reveal How China-led bank Disregards Rights of Affected People

5 years after its founding, the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) still risks the wellbeing and livelihoods of people affected by its projects across Asia. In a joint press conference, NGO Forum on the ADB together with civil society organizations from Bangladesh, India, and Germany intend to shed light on the weak Human Rights and Environmental standards of the multilateral bank and give examples of harmful AIIB projects.

The press conference will reflect on the recently held AIIB virtual annual meeting, which was heavily criticized for not including civil society representatives. During the press conference, the NGOs will also explore the bank's climate change approach, in view of its recent financing of fossil fuel-based energy projects that harm the Goals of the Paris Agreement.

The press conference is scheduled to take approximately 45 minutes and will include both presentations from the speakers as well as a Q&A with the experts.
 
Speakers are members of impacted communities and CSOs monitoring AIIB-funded projects.
 
Hassan Mehedi
Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN)
Bangladesh

Vidya Dinker
GrowthWatch
India

Dr. Nora Sausmikat
Urgewald
Germany

AUGUST 25th, 2020
5pm Manila | 3pm Dhaka | 2:30pm New Delhi | 11am Berlin | 10am London
You can register in advance for the digital press conference through this link.

*  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the press conference.

** A press release and other materials concerning the topic will be sent out after the press conference.

* For more information, please contact Jen Derillo at jen@forum-adb.org, mobile +639175088841.


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