Inbox

Latest press releases, statements, manifestos, announcements, etc.

Greenpeace activists construct ?coal plant? at ADB Headquarters in Philippines

Manila, 18 April 2007?Greenpeace activists today constructed a
four-meter replica of a (smoke-spewing) coal plant at the main entrance
of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila.

The Bank has been under heavy criticism for its extensive funding of
fossil fuel projects in Asia which have massively contributed to the
region’s greenhouse gas emissions and abetted dangerous climate change.
The protest came two weeks ahead of the Bank’s Annual Governors Meeting
in Kyoto, birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally-binging
global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

(more…)

Continue ReadingGreenpeace activists construct ?coal plant? at ADB Headquarters in Philippines

IP Philippines?s international meet tackled book piracy

IP Philippines? int?l meet tackled book piracy; Growth in book industry despite piracy concerns

In the recently concluded two-day conference on copyright, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) and its partner organizations discussed programs to address book piracy in the country.

(more…)

Continue ReadingIP Philippines?s international meet tackled book piracy

Environmental activists urge candidates: Curb climate change by protecting Philippines forests

KALIKASAN-PNE
KALIKASAN? PEOPLES NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
26 Matulungin St. Central District, Quezon City , Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel./Fax; +63 (2) 924-8756; E-mail: kalikasan.pne@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE
April 18, 2007

Environmental activists urge leading candidates: Curb climate change by protecting Philippine forests

National and district-level candidates and partylists in the 2007 elections should lay the foundation for managing extreme weather conditions expected to result from climate change by immediately supporting an urgent moratorium on commercial logging operations rampant in the Philippines, Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said today.

(more…)

Continue ReadingEnvironmental activists urge candidates: Curb climate change by protecting Philippines forests

Securitization Can Help East Asian Development, Says ADB Report

HONG KONG, CHINA – Securitization of assets in emerging East Asian bond markets have gathered pace after the 1997/98 financial crisis and has the potential to be used as a tool to fund the region?s massive infrastructure needs, provide support to microfinance and human resource development, a report issued by ADB says.

Despite its growth, Asia?s use of securitization is far more modest than in Europe and North America. Yet structured finance holds considerable potential for regional development.

(more…)

Continue ReadingSecuritization Can Help East Asian Development, Says ADB Report

Key Issues for Asia’s Future to Be Addressed at ADB Annual Meeting in Kyoto, Japan

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Where does Asia stand a decade after the Asian financial crisis? What are the challenges to Asian integration? How will the developing economies of Asia adapt to the vast changes underway in the region?

Finance Ministers, senior government officials, leaders, academics, and representatives of international organizations will gather in Kyoto, Japan to discuss these and other issues during ADB?s 40th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in May.

(more…)

Continue ReadingKey Issues for Asia’s Future to Be Addressed at ADB Annual Meeting in Kyoto, Japan