International Accountability Project (IAP)

05/08/2026

Resources from our latest webinar: https://accountability.medium.com/who-really-benefits-from-livestock-finance-240ee0bcb0dc

Read the summary, watch the recording, and download our latest Policy Brief co-authored with CRILS Network. Follow the conversation on the 2-year-analysis of development banks' financing in livestock finance and the impacts it brings to communities and the world. Link to the policy brief: https://bit.ly/LFPolicyBrief

The webinar brough together:
🔹Alessandro Ramazzotti (International Accountability Project)
🔹Angela Delia Vasquez Cabrera (Consejo Coordinador del Pueblo Xinka & Red de Mujeres Xinka, Guatemala)
🔹Mehroosh Tak (Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems)
🔹Lavinia Scudiero (Independent Researcher)

03/08/2026

Our recent policy brief is featured in Sentient Media.

Read the article: https://sentientmedia.org/the-world-bank-pouring-billions-into-factory-farms/

Co-authored with the Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems (CRILS) Network, the brief finds that The World Bank Group and other development banks are channeling far more funding into industrial factory farming than into smaller, diversified systems that support crop-livestock integration and biodiversity. This trend highlights a clear misalignment between development finance and stated commitments on climate, biodiversity, and poverty reduction.

A new report finds development banks’ $13 billion investment in industrial animal agriculture clashes with their climate goals.

28/07/2026

On World Nature Conservation Day 2026, we recognize the communities that protect nature and their rights. Conservation must be community-led. Communities should have the power to shape decisions that affect their lands, resources, and futures.

Learn more about our work: https://accountabilityproject.org/

22/07/2026

Read the op-ed: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-just-green-transition

Across the world, communities are being asked to bear the costs of the green transition while being excluded from decisions that affect their lands, livelihoods, and futures.

In his latest Common Dreams op-ed, Alessandro Ramazzotti argues that development banks must stop financing false climate solutions and instead support decentralized, community-led renewable energy. Because a transition cannot be called "just" if it leaves frontline communities behind.

​Development banks must stop promoting false solutions that are implemented without community consultation, cause environmental damage, and lead to the further grabbing of local lands and resources.

21/07/2026

Our is featured in the Coalition for Human Rights in Development's latest report, Financing the Transitions, Silencing Defenders.

📖 Read the report: http://bit.ly/silencing-HRDs

The report examines 12 case studies across seven Asian countries, documenting reprisals against environmental and human rights defenders in the context of renewable energy projects. It explores the impacts of these projects, the actors behind them, and the urgent need to protect communities and defenders at the forefront of the energy transition.

Published in June 2026, the report was published by the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and its members and partners, including , alongside many other human rights organizations.

20/07/2026

True development starts with communities. When communities lead the way, we can achieve inclusive solutions that respect their unique identities, cultures, and histories.

In "Charting a New Course: The Path to Community-Led Development," IAP documents how different groups and communities are building alliances across differences to advance community-led development.

Watch now: https://bit.ly/GAT_Video

17/07/2026

Can development finance unintentionally contribute to unhealthy diets and desertification?

In this article, we unpack how businesses and the financial institutions that support them can contribute to unhealthy diets and environmental degradation, including desertification that increasingly threatens communities' livelihoods, biodiversity, and ecosystems.

In addition, we also provide the case of MCS Group in Mongolia, whose business interests span mining, industrial livestock, beverages, and real estate. Backed by development finance from institutions including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), IFC - International Finance Corporation, and FMO: Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, these investments raise important questions about the cumulative environmental and social impacts of financing large corporate conglomerates.

Learn more in our latest article, co-written with Oyu Tolgoi Watch NGO Mongolia:

By Sukhgerel Dugersuren, OT Watch and Alessandro Ramazzotti, International Accountability Project

16/07/2026

The latest issue of is here!

Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/394880e285f8/tracking-the-transition-17505697

In this edition, we look back at two years of development bank energy finance since the launch of the Energy Finance Tracker. Using data from 2024-2025, we explore how financing trends have shifted, what they reveal about the direction of the global energy transition, and where development banks continue to fall short.

We also share the latest updates and insights from 's climate justice work.

Read the latest issue and subscribe to stay informed!

15/07/2026

: bit.ly/RekoDiq

The Reko Diq gold and copper mine in , is a recipe for disaster. It's located in one of the world's most militarized regions. It was imposed without the consent of the Indigenous Baloch people, who daily face violent state repression.

The Chagai district, where the project is located, already faces severe environmental stress, including drought, groundwater depletion, and a lack of clean drinking water. The project risks causing further severe environmental and social harm.

How can such a high-risk project bring any benefit to local communities when their voices are silenced, and their concerns are ignored?

Yet international development banks, under the slogans of "sustainability" and "clean energy transition," are pouring billions of dollars into this project. Join our campaign & call on the banks to : bit.ly/RekoDiq

06/07/2026

As development banks continue financing industrial livestock expansion, what happens to the communities living alongside these projects?

🔗 Register: bit.ly/LivestockFinanceWebinar

Join us for a conversation on the realities behind livestock finance, featuring insights from Indigenous Xinka communities in Guatemala affected by large-scale poultry operations owned by CMI Alimentos.

Together, we'll also explore new research from Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems (CRILS) Network and on how development finance is shaping livestock systems, and whose interests it ultimately serves.

📅 July 10, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM London | 9:00 AM Guatemala City