Frontpage news from Oilwatch http://www.oilwatch.org Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:23:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.oilwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=602&Itemid=224 WORLD BANK ACKNOWLEDGES SERIOUS FLAWS IN WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINEBut Questions on Compensation for Displaced, “Upstream” Impacts, and Gas Flaring Remain Unanswered Civil society activists in Nigeria are welcoming the World Bank’s acknowledgement of a series of damaging mistakes during the building of the World Bank-financed West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) running from Nigeria through Benin, Togo, and Ghana. But they also say the report does not go far enough in answering crucial questions. http://www.oilwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=601&Itemid=225 One year on from the Ecuadorian proposal One year has passed since the official acceptance of the initiative on behalf of the Government of the President Rafael Correa, who presented it in a sense as a provocation towards the international community to come up with compensation worth half of what would be obtained if the country were to exploit these findings. http://www.oilwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=600&Itemid=48 POSITION PAPER ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE Download PDF (doc/declaracion/decla2008_adaptation_to_climatechange.pdf) (100.00 KB) The United Nations has recently recognized climate change as a fundamental issue regarding human rights. This decision shows once again the importance that the issue has gained at an international level. There is, however, a long way from words to deeds: official speeches are one thing and the proposed solutions to environmental catastrophes are another.