Stewart Maginnis director of environment and development at the IUCN speaks on forest dialogue initiative at COP15.

Antonia Juhasc launches a book on the history of the World Bank and IMF at Cody's bookshop in San Francisco.

Journalist and author Naomi Klein addressing the crisis in Haiti: “We have to be absolutely clear that this tragedy—which is part natural, part unnatural—must, under no circumstances, be used to, 1, further indebt Haiti and, 2, push through unpopular policies in the interest of our corporations. This is not conspiracy theory. They have done it again and again.”

In the Committee of the Regions side event, Blogactiv spoke to Simon Brooks, Vice President of the European Investment Bank about the role of cities and local authorities in countering climate change.

Michael Ellis (1st Secretary for Global Issues - British Embassy Brasília) talks to David Stanton, DFID Deputy for World Bank Reform, about Brazilian perspective on International Financial Institutions.

In 2005 the EBRD provided four and half million euros to the Dundee Precious Metals company for environmental improvements at its Deno Gold Mine in Kapan, Armenia. But locals and environmentalists are not happy.

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Tax havens are the banks' “get out of regulation free” card. Whenever politicians threatens to regulate banks and other corporations, they respond with “we’ll go offshore.”