{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"organization":["Recourse"],"added":"2026-10-23..2026-10-23"},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":49,"relation":"eq"},"page":3,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?added=2026-10-23..2026-10-23&organization=recourse&page=3","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"recourse-000026","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/recourse-000026","title":"Statement in Solidarity with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Facing the Novel Coronavirus","publisher":{"name":"Recourse","organization":"recourse"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2020-04-14","source_url":"https://re-course.org/newsupdates/statement-in-solidarity-with-amazonian-indigenous-peoples-facing-the-novel-coronavirus/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"A solidarity statement calling for immediate government and international action to protect Amazonian indigenous peoples from COVID-19 by halting extractive industries and respecting indigenous self-governance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000026#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Indigenous peoples in the Amazon face heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 due to precarious health conditions caused by externally-introduced diseases, a lack of potable water and sanitation infrastructure, and insufficient, culturally inappropriate healthcare services.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000026#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document argues that continued extractive activities—including mining, logging, oil exploration, and industrial agriculture—and the entry of foreign persons into indigenous territories pose a grave threat of 'ethnocide' to populations safeguarding the rainforests during the pandemic.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000026#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Due to a lack of support from public health agencies and multilateral organizations, indigenous communities have implemented their own preventative measures, such as voluntary social distancing, controlling territory entry/exit, and creating health communications in their own languages.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000026#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatories demand that governments and international actors respect indigenous rights to self-determination and governance, guarantee culturally-appropriate health services with proper interpretation, and establish urgent coordination groups involving the WHO to address health emergencies and food security.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000026#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["indigenous people","extractive industry","deforestation","mining","public health","human rights"],"geography_discussed":["Americas","Brazil","Peru","Ecuador"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy demand","advocacy"]},{"id":"recourse-000042","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/recourse-000042","title":"CSOs call on the AIIB to extend consultation period for Environmental and Social Framework review","publisher":{"name":"Recourse","organization":"recourse"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2020-02-21","source_url":"https://re-course.org/newsupdates/csos-call-on-the-aiib-to-extend-consultation-period-for-environmental-and-social-framework-review/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Civil society organizations have urged the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to extend the Phase 1 consultation deadline for its Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) review from February 28 to the end of March 2020. The CSOs argue that the current timeframe is too short to provide informed inputs based on field data and that the bank has failed to clarify its theoretical approach and methodology for the review. Additionally, they note that a scheduled workshop on March 9, 2020, organized by the German government, should be allowed to inform the consultation process.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000042#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"CSOs are requesting an extension of the Phase 1 Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) review consultation deadline from February 28, 2020, to the end of March 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000042#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatories argue that the AIIB has not provided a formal response regarding the theoretical approach or methodology it will use to conduct the ESF review in relation to its project portfolio since 2016.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000042#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The CSOs contend that the consultation period is too short to allow for the analysis of field data and researched material gathered from monitoring AIIB projects over 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It specifically criticizes CBI's reliance on the International Hydropower Association (IHA) for assessment tools, claiming this creates a conflict of interest and underestimates greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane from tropical reservoirs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000027#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The proposed hydropower criteria from the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) are viewed as inadequate and potentially harmful to rivers, freshwater species, and dependent communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000027#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a risk that these criteria will allow dam operators and investors to use 'Paris-friendly branding' to attract funding without making a meaningful contribution to the climate crisis or preventing a 2°C scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000027#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The CBI is criticized for aligning with the International Hydropower Association (IHA), an industry body, and adopting its environmental, social, and governance assessment tool, which the signatories describe as a conflict of interest.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000027#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document asserts that hydropower reservoirs, especially in the tropics, emit significant amounts of methane, and that the CBI's proposed use of the IHA's emissions tool systematically underestimates these greenhouse gas emissions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000027#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatories suggest that climate financing should instead be directed toward protecting freshwater resources, restoring fragmented ecosystems, and decommissioning obsolete dams.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000027#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["hydropower","climate bond","climate finance","methane emissions","nature-based solutions"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy critique"]},{"id":"recourse-000006","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/recourse-000006","title":"Open Letter to the Multilateral Development Banks","publisher":{"name":"Recourse","organization":"recourse"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2019-12-06","source_url":"https://re-course.org/newsupdates/open-letter-to-the-multilateral-development-banks/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The open letter calls on nine Multilateral Development Banks to accelerate their commitment to the Paris Agreement by ending all assistance for oil, gas, and coal projects after 2020. 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They further advocate for a public job description requiring candidates to be well-versed in the challenges of low- and middle-income countries and committed to international human rights law and the IMF's commitments to climate change, gender inequality, and social spending.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000047#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The signatories condemn the 'gentleman's agreement'—the 75-year convention that the IMF managing director is European and the World Bank president is a US national—as being \"undemocratic, illegitimate, and rooted in neo-colonial principles.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000047#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The letter proposes a new selection process where the winning candidate must secure the support of a majority of both member states and voting shares, ensuring that no single country or bloc of countries holds \"excessive power.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000047#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To increase transparency and accessibility, the authors demand the removal of the requirement that candidates be supported by their home governments, and call for public interviews and transparent voting procedures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000047#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatories argue that the IMF managing director should be qualified to defend the institution's independence from powerful members, understand the issues facing low- and middle-income countries, and adhere to international human rights law and the IMF's commitments regarding climate change, economic inequality, social spending, and gender inequality.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000047#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","international financial institution"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Europe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy demand","institutional critique"]},{"id":"recourse-000008","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/recourse-000008","title":"CSOs call on the AIIB to address the climate crisis","publisher":{"name":"Recourse","organization":"recourse"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2019-07-11","source_url":"https://re-course.org/newsupdates/csos-call-on-the-aiib-to-address-the-climate-crisis/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Forty-seven civil society organisations have urged the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to align its operations with the Paris Agreement by ending investments in fossil fuels and prioritizing renewable energy and energy access for poor communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000008#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Civil society organisations argue that the AIIB lacks a public plan to address the climate crisis and that its 2017 Energy Sector Strategy (ESS) is deficient because it does not exclude coal funding and relies on natural gas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"recourse-000008#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The AIIB's investment portfolio is heavily skewed toward fossil fuels; approximately 60% of its energy sector investments support fossil fuels, while only 20% go to renewable energy. 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