EU states must bridge ‘planning gap’ in order to hit climate targets, report warns
September 13, 2023
Clean Air Task Force calls for overhaul of action plans with many countries, including Germany and France, missing drafts deadline …
Assessment of Latvia’s operational programme
December 7, 2022
This briefing offers an analysis of Latvia’s draft operational programme for 2021-2027 and recommendations regarding the potential for increasing the programme’s climate and environmental contributions. This publication was updated on 15 December 2022
Assessment of the Estonian operational programme
March 2, 2022
This briefing offers an analysis of the Estonian operational programme and recommendations regarding the potential for increasing the programme’s climate contribution.
Want to make cities climate neutral? Engage residents!
November 11, 2021
As multilateral development banks and national governments in Glasgow debate how cities should reach climate neutrality, they should not overlook the role of effective citizen participation in shaping cities’ future. Activists from Kyiv who successfully fought to protect unique wetlands are an example of how important it is to involve citizens in creating a better future.
Les Balkans suffoquent sous un brouillard de pollution
January 21, 2020
Les capitales de l’ex-Yougoslavie se trouvent parmi les villes les plus polluées du monde, en raison notamment d’une sécheresse inhabituelle. Mais les dirigeants peinent à reconnaître la gravité de la situation et à prendre des mesures.Source : Les Bal
Obećanja vlasti duga tri godine
January 18, 2020
Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je juče da će se Srbija u narednom periodu posvetiti odsumporavanju u termoelektranama, što bi trebalo da doprinese smanjenju zagađenosti. Source : Obećanja vlasti duga tri godine
Trovanje i Kostolac
January 14, 2020
Dok iz sveta stižu podaci i istraživanja koja govore da su Beograd ali i cela Srbija među nazageđenijim mestima u svetu, te da naša zemlja zauzima neslavno prvo mesto po štetnosti lošeg vazduha po zdravlje u Evropi, čelnici srpske prestonice najavljuju
Climate action at the European Investment Bank: an overview
December 13, 2019
The EIB had already proclaimed itself the EU’s climate bank long before the vdLeyen EU Commission presented the idea of transforming a part of the Bank into Europe’s Climate Bank. It has been over a decade now since the EIB committed at least 25% of its finance to support the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy.
Consensus on EU long term emissions reductions paves way for climate action in central and eastern Europe
December 13, 2019
At Thursday’s European Council meeting, Member States signed up to the bloc’s goal of becoming a net zero emitter of carbon by 2050, a commendable and essential step as the EU pursues the Paris Climate Agreement’s target of limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Calls for climate action grow louder throughout central eastern Europe
October 21, 2019
In late September, as part of the Global Climate Strike, an estimated 7.6 million people took to the streets to demand climate action. In central and eastern Europe, this mobilization likely signals important momentum, not least about the prospects of an energy transitions in each of the countries.