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📢 The March 2026 issue of Bankwatch is out now! From debt crises to mining risks, shrinking civic space, and false energy solutions—this issue exposes how development finance impacts communities. ✊ Development must serve people, not profit. 📖 forum-adb.org/bankwatch

📣 Something’s coming this Friday. Ahead of the 59th @ADB_HQ Annual Meeting, Forum launches #FridaysFromTheField—a publication series sharing stories and research from communities affected by ADB-funded projects. 🗓 Fridays | Mar 27–Apr 24, 2026 Stay tuned. 👀

"Development finance should be about expanding choices for countries, not locking them into outdated energy systems." 🗞️ New op-ed by Karabo Mokgonyana of @PowerShftAfrica calls out the contradictions of @IFC_org backing new fossil gas projects in Africa mg.co.za/thought-leader…

These risks have long been raised by civil society. Campaigners warned about possible MIGA guarantees for the Weda Bay nickel project in 2010 and about IFC support for the Sepon mine in Laos in 2002. IFIs must ensure strong safeguards to prevent harms from mining projects.

New analysis by The Guardian identifies 3,200+ mining operations within Key Biodiversity Areas worldwide. Cases such as #WedaBay in #Indonesia and Sepon in #Laos show how demand for ‘transition minerals’ is fuelling deforestation and biodiversity loss. theguardian.com/environment/ng…

🌿 Women’s presence is essential. As Novita Indri (@TrendAsia_Org) reminds us, women are vital in building movements for equality and protecting nature. From communities to global struggles, women help bring balance and justice to the world. 🌏 #InternationalWomensMonth 💜

#News Lens: "Extraction is a political choice that carries a profoundly unequal cost—one that falls most heavily on women and marginalised communities," says @MenaFem's @shereent in new blog for @RJNglobal resourcejustice.org/why-resource-j…

💜🌏 Uncompromising For Sarmin Akter Bristy from Forum on ADB, women’s health, land, and livelihoods are not negotiable. Fossil fuel expansion and false solutions harm communities and deepen inequality. To defend rights and justice—we must be uncompromising. ✊ #IWD2026

As IFIs scale up financing for renewables and critical minerals, accountability remains urgent. Reforms underway in 2026 will influence whether the energy transition prevents harm or repeats past mistakes. The long term stakes: 🔗 bit.ly/acct2026

Multilateral development banks have a legal obligation to stop financing fossil fuels. Led by @BankClimateAdvo, civil society groups have put MDBs & their shareholders on notice, incl. @AIIB_Official @WorldBankGroup @ADB_HQ Details via 🗞️ @GlobalCapNews globalcapital.com/article/2g2fug…

On International Women’s Day, we urge @IFC_org to strengthen protections for women in its Sustainability Framework. Read more: bit.ly/3MJiEhb

To advance gender justice, we must confront the structural power of IFIs and the global economic system. @MenaFem challenges debt-driven and austerity-based models that shrink public services and entrench gendered inequality. Their calls on #IWD2026: re-course.org/newsupdates/iw…

💜 From Gas to Care Join @bigshiftglobal Public money should fund women and care systems — not fossil fuels. Join our International Women’s Day webinar 🗓 9 March | ⏰ 11:00 GMT 🔗 Register: climateactionnetwork.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

"IFIs cannot fund fossil fuels with one hand and gender strategies with the other" — @K_Mokgonyana For a truly just transition, IFIs should back clean cooking solutions and decentralised renewables that shift power to women and communities. 🔗 re-course.org/newsupdates/iw… #IWD2026

"Since the Tangguh LNG project began, women have had to bear a double burden, being displaced from their homeland and suffering the destruction of their environment." Novita Indri @TrendAsia_Org MDBs must be held accountable for gendered harms. re-course.org/newsupdates/iw… #IWD2026

Women must be recognised as critical actors in the just energy transition. @SYNDGhana works with women & youth in Ghana, empowering them to engage IFIs on development financing decisions that affect their lives. More on their feminist advocacy: re-course.org/newsupdates/iw… #IWD2026

= 📰 In GlobalCapital, Rayyan Hassan highlights transparency gaps in MDB financing, where loopholes have allowed beneficiaries to remain undisclosed. 🌍 As climate scrutiny grows, transparency in development finance matters more than ever. globalcapital.com/article/2g2fug… @ADB_HQ @AIIB_Official

Debt crises are a barrier to achieving gender equality and upholding women's rights. To address this, @latindadd offers counter narratives from an feminist economics perspective to the debt instruments used by IFIs. More about their work: re-course.org/newsupdates/iw… #IWD2026

@WEDO_worldwide Climate finance delivered within the current global financial architecture—based on debt and austerity—will not allow us to meet Paris Agreement goals. @WEDO_worldwide proposes a different approach, founded in feminist principles. Check it out: wedo.org/resources/dime… #IWD2026

As a leading advocate for climate finance that advances gender equality, @WEDO_worldwide recognises that without rights-based approaches, we cannot achieve climate mitigation or resilience. Learn more about their feminist work: re-course.org/newsupdates/iw… #IWD2026 #ClimateFinance