Recourse

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Recourse campaigns for a world where people and planet are at the heart of development.

We push international finance institutions to make their policies and practices more sustainable, accountable and socially just.

Find out more on www.re-course.org

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🌍 Recognising climate risks is not enough. At our recent webinar, speakers from Egypt, the DRC, Ecuador and Pakistan shared how IMF lending can deepen debt, austerity and extractive dependence, undermining countries' ability to pursue a just transition. @latindadd.bsky.social @menafem.bsky.social

Quote graphic featuring Emmanuel Musuyu from CORAP, with a black-and-white portrait against a light green background. Text reads: “In the DRC, reforms and major projects are moving ahead on externally driven timelines, while communities risk displacement and decisions are being made without meaningful consultation or consent.” Recourse logo appears at the bottom.Quote graphic featuring Daniela Berdeja from Latindadd, with her portrait against a light green background. Text reads: “A country can be classified as having ‘sustainable’ debt while still lacking the fiscal space to invest in development, climate resilience and a just transition. That definition of sustainability needs to change.” Recourse and Latindadd logos appear at the bottom.Quote graphic featuring Haneen Shaheen from MENAFEM, with her portrait against a light green background. Text reads: “In Egypt, people are being asked to carry the cost of adjustment through higher fuel and electricity prices, reduced subsidies and cuts to public spending, while fossil fuel expansion remains part of the economic solution.” Recourse and MENAFEM logos appear at the bottom.Quote graphic featuring Shehrzadee Moeed from Alternative Law Collective, with his portrait against a light green background. Text reads: “Pakistan is facing repeated climate disasters while undergoing some of the harshest austerity we have experienced. A climate-labelled IMF programme means little if the broader economic framework deepens debt and raises the cost of basic energy.” Recourse and Alternative Law Collective logos appear at the bottom.
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🤝 Communities are both beneficiaries and rights-holders.

A #JustTransition requires meaningful participation, strong safeguards and accountability from the start. Energy decisions must be made with people, not simply for them.

A Recourse graphic with a turquoise upper section and a photograph of a protest against fossil fuels and LNG expansion in Bangladesh in September 2024. The photograph shows a woman wearing a headscarf, facing the camera with both hands raised. The words “NO FOSSILS” and “NO LNG” are written on her palms. Photo: Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN). Large white text reads: “The transition must be built for people, with people.” Supporting text: “Communities should be beneficiaries but are also rights-holders. Their voices must shape energy decisions from the start, backed by strong safeguards and accountability.” The Recourse logo appears in the upper right.
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📊 More megawatts do not automatically mean more development.

Success must be measured by whether #RenewableEnergy investments strengthen public institutions, protect human rights and deliver lasting benefits for people and communities.

A Recourse graphic showing an expansive solar power installation at the Noor I and II Solar Power Station in Morocco. Long rows of solar panels stretch across a dry, open landscape, with a road in the foreground and mountains in the distance. Photo: Richard Allaway / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Below the photograph, white text on a turquoise background reads: “Success is not measured in megawatts alone.” Supporting text: “Energy investments should be judged by the value they create for people, communities, countries and the environment.” The Recourse logo appears in the lower right.
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💸 Fossil fuel dependence comes at a cost. From mounting public debt to volatile energy prices and stranded assets, gas infrastructure can lock countries across the Global South into long-term financial risks.

A Recourse graphic with a turquoise panel on the left and a photograph of the Bhola-2 Combined Cycle Power Plant in Bangladesh on the right. The photograph shows industrial structures, tall exhaust stacks, electrical infrastructure and a worker wearing a safety vest and white helmet. Photo: Petra Kjell Wright / Recourse. Large white text reads: “Fossil fuel lock-in comes with a high economic cost.” Supporting text: “Fossil gas dependence exposes countries to debt, price volatility and financial risk.” The Recourse logo appears at the bottom left.
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⚡ Every dollar invested in fossil gas is a dollar not invested in renewable energy, stronger public electricity systems or community-led solutions.

Multilateral development banks must align their #ClimateFinance with a just energy transition.

A Recourse graphic featuring a photograph of rows of solar panels installed on rooftops in Karachi, Pakistan, with palm trees and urban buildings in the background. Photo: Hexzain / Shutterstock. Below the photograph, white text on a turquoise background reads: “MDB finance should align with a just energy transition.” Supporting text: “Public finance should support sustainable renewable energy systems that expand access, strengthen public institutions and deliver long-term public benefit.” The Recourse logo appears in the lower right.
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🌍 Public finance must move away fromfossil gas and support a #JustEnergyTransition to renewable energy at scale.

Fossil gas is increasingly a costly economic risk, while renewables offer a more affordable path forward. But how MDBs finance the transition matters.

A Recourse graphic with a turquoise background and white text reading: “Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel. It’s bad economics.” Below: “Renewable energy is now the lowest-cost source of new electricity in most parts of the world. Continuing to invest in fossil gas risks locking countries into costly infrastructure and volatile fossil fuel markets.” The lower half shows ageing, rusted industrial pipelines running through a wooded area, surrounded by trees and overgrown vegetation. The Recourse logo appears in the upper right.
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Published by @re-course.org with The Big Shift Global, @powershiftafrica.bsky.social, Trend Asia , Indus Consortium, CAN Morocco and the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice.

♻️ 100% renewables, energy for all, no harm, and people's rights before profit.

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Thursday 15 October
Our Voices Count: A Tribunal Centring Women & Communities Lived Experience

This Counter-Docket will be a space for those most affected by extractive development to speak in their own voices and on their own terms.

Details and registration: www.ourvoicescount.org

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• Mission 300 at 50 Million Connections: Assessing Implementation and Impact

Thursday 15 October, 9:00–10:30 in room 2-211D

• Rethinking IMF Surveillance and Lending in an Era of Overlapping Shocks

Thursday 15 October, 11:00–12:30 in room 2-210A

Full timetable 👉 www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

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• What is the Value of DPF to Government Policies as Part of the Bank’s Climate Commitments? Tuesday 13 October, 11:00–12:30 in room 2-211D • Better Standards, Better Projects? New Evidence and Real-World Lessons for Successful IFC Investments Wednesday 14 October, 9:00–10:30 in room 2-210C

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12–13 October Feminist Festival of Resistance & Alternatives The festival will be a space for collective reflection & resistance ✊ Join us for a discussion on "Reimagining a people's international development cooperation" with groups from across Asia Pacific. Register via @menafem.bsky.social

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