Street Protest against the World Bank's involvement in the United Nations Climate Change processes. the World Bank is a major investor in oil, mining and gas, and building infrastructure for the global fossil fuel economy. so it is worse than hypocritical for it to set itself up as the body to channel international assistance finance for responding and adapting to climate change.

Акція під час переговорів зі зміни клімату у Познані (Польща).

Protests agains the World Bank's hypocritical attempt to portray itself as a 'climate bank' at the United Nations climate negotiations in Poznan, Poland, while still financing massive oil, mining and gas extraction projects.

Organised by FOEI, Oil Change International, CEE Bankwatch Network, CRBM, Jubilee South, SCI, SEEN and Rozbrat..

Introducing with indymedia.org, coverage of the protests in September 2000 against the IMF and the World Bank conference in Prague. Interviews with activists and campaigners from the southern hemisphere give damning criticism of the IMF and World Bank policies as the film charts the preparations for the day of action in Prague, the day itself and its aftermath.

Stewart Maginnis director of environment and development at the IUCN speaks on forest dialogue initiative at COP15.

To request a copy of the video please contact Ms. Mary Louise Malig at marylou[at]focusweb.org

Climate policy experts from think tanks and academia have urged the World Bank to begin calculating the social and environmental costs of carbon emissions from the projects it funds and to include these calculations in project assessments.