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The document consists of open letters sent to major European airlines, specifically exemplified by a letter to Lufthansa, requesting that they avoid using industrial gas credits from HFC-23 and adipic acid projects. The authors argue that these credits lack environmental integrity, do not represent real emissions reductions, and undermine the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and the Montreal Protocol.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organizations call on Iberia to avoid using industrial gas offset credits, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine the EU ETS and the Montreal Protocol.

Carbon Market Watch and several partner organizations sent an open letter to Air Berlin requesting that the airline avoid using industrial gas offset credits from HFC-23 and adipic acid projects. The authors argue that these credits lack environmental integrity, do not represent real emissions reductions, and undermine the EU ETS and the Montreal Protocol.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of NGOs call on Air France to protect the integrity of the EU ETS by avoiding industrial gas offsets, arguing that HFC-23 and adipic acid projects lack environmental integrity and undermine climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organisations wrote an open letter to Alitalia on 12 April 2013, requesting that the airline avoid using industrial gas offset credits for its 2012 emission reduction targets. The letter highlights that a ban on HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid abatement projects in the EU ETS takes effect on 1 May 2013. The authors argue that these specific credits lack sustainable development benefits, undermine the Montreal Protocol, and often do not represent real emissions reductions, thereby threatening the EU's climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organizations call on Austrian Airlines AG to reject industrial gas offset credits, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine the EU ETS.

Carbon Market Watch and other NGOs call on British Airways to avoid using industrial gas offset credits, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine the EU ETS.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organizations call on Brussels Airlines to protect the integrity of the EU ETS by avoiding industrial gas offset credits. The authors argue that credits from HFC-23 and adipic acid projects lack environmental integrity, do not represent real emissions reductions, and undermine international climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organizations call on Easyjet Airline to avoid using industrial gas offset credits (HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid) for its 2012 EU ETS emission reduction targets. The letter argues that these credits lack environmental integrity, do not represent real emissions reductions, and undermine both the Montreal Protocol and EU climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of NGOs urge Finnair to avoid using industrial gas offset credits (HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid) for EU ETS compliance, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organizations call on Germanwings to avoid using industrial gas offset credits, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine EU climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of NGOs call on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to avoid using industrial gas offset credits, specifically HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid projects, to meet its 2012 emission reduction targets. The letter argues that these credits lack environmental integrity, do not represent real emissions reductions, and undermine both the Montreal Protocol and EU climate objectives.

An open letter from Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organizations requesting that Deutsche Lufthansa AG avoid using industrial gas offset credits (HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid) for its 2012 EU ETS emission reduction targets, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine climate objectives.

Carbon Market Watch and other organizations call on Ryanair to avoid using industrial gas offset credits, arguing that HFC-23 and adipic acid projects lack environmental integrity and undermine climate objectives.

An open letter from Carbon Market Watch and other NGOs to Scandinavian Airlines arguing that industrial gas offset credits, specifically HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid projects, lack environmental integrity and undermine EU climate objectives. The authors highlight that a ban on these credits in the EU ETS takes effect on 1 May 2013 and argue that airline operators should not benefit from the postponement of this ban given the known environmental issues associated with these projects.

Carbon Market Watch and a coalition of environmental organisations call on Vueling Airlines to reject industrial gas offset credits, arguing that such credits lack environmental integrity and undermine the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The letter highlights a January 2011 decision by EU Member States to ban HFC-23 and N2O from adipic acid abatement projects from the EU ETS, effective 1 May 2013. The authors contend that these credits do not represent real emissions reductions, offer no sustainable development benefits, and undermine the Montreal Protocol and EU climate objectives.

Earthjustice supports the nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead the EPA, citing her experience as a pragmatist and her work on clean car emissions and mercury pollution rules. The organization urges the new leadership to prioritize limits on industrial carbon pollution from power plants, finalize Clean Water Act jurisdiction policy, and establish safeguards for coal ash disposal.

The Mining Zone Peoples’ Solidarity Group has petitioned the Indian government to stop iron ore mining in the Khandadhar mountain range in Odisha. The group argues that mining by companies such as POSCO and Kalinga Commercial Corporation Limited (KCCL) is causing severe environmental damage, including the pollution of the Khandadhara waterfall and the destruction of vital elephant corridors. The petition highlights the threat to the Pauri Bhuiyan, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, asserting that mining activities and forced displacement constitute 'ethnocide' and violate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The document is a letter to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arguing that the Bank's continued support for fossil fuels contradicts its climate and poverty reduction priorities. The authors claim that fossil fuel investments fail to provide energy access to the poor and instead fuel overconsumption in wealthy nations. They advocate for a shift toward off-grid renewable energy and demand that the Bank stop financing fossil fuel projects unless they can be proven to be the best alternative for delivering energy services to the poor after a full cost-benefit analysis.

Civil society organizations are urging the World Bank to integrate the Inspection Panel's twenty years of experience into its safeguard policy review, arguing that the Panel's investigations provide a critical feedback loop for institutional learning.