Meer dan 150 maatschappelijke organisaties, netwerken en groepen vanuit de hele wereld ondertekenden een brandbrief aan Directeur-Generaal van de WTO Roberto Azevedo met de oproep om de onderhandelingen stil te leggen totdat alle partijen weer in staat zijn om volwaardig deel te nemen - fysiek, niet online.
A letter written by Both ENDS, co-signed by 350.org, Australia, Urgewald, Germany, Green Alternative, Georgia, and others, with comments to the AIIB's Energy Strategy Issues note. This strategy prioritizes large scale energy infrastructure, which fails to meet the energy needs of local communities.
The AIIB has the opportunity to champion financing green energy systems for future generations by leapfrogging the large energy infrastructure that rely on fossil fuels, plantations for biomass or dams.