New safeguards for the World Bank Group’s riskiest investments
The IFC has an opportunity to improve standards across the financial sector as it reviews its safeguards policy.
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Takeaways from the Santa Marta conference
At the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, countries agreed roadmaps to accelerate the energy transition, starting with financial reform.
Our impact in 2025
Last year, Recourse pushed for stronger safeguards and public finance for a just energy transition at a time of growing political and economic uncertainty.
Civil society guide to the IMF and climate issues
The IMF’s structure, policies and practices impact countries’ ability to tackle climate change. Learn more and take action using this civil society guide.
About us
Recourse targets development finance as a means of influencing the wider investment community, financial flows and governments, to ensure inclusive, environmentally sustainable, socially just and pro-poor development.
How we work
Campaign
- Partnering with others to influence decision-makers and hold financial institutions to account.
- Advocating to shift policies and practices to ensure inclusive, environmentally sustainable, socially just and pro-poor development.
- Using evidence-based research and advocacy to build a compelling case for change.
Support
- Partnering with local communities and civil society to secure their rights and fight discrimination.
- Working in solidarity with local communities to open political space and ensure their voice in development decision-making.
- Supporting communities who have suffered harm to gain remedy and justice.
Multiply
- Building coalitions to be greater than the sum of our parts and maximise impact.
- Movement-building to foster long-term systemic change.
- Networking and capacity-building to create an informed and engaged movement to hold financial institutions accountable.