Gas Campaign Leader
Email: gligor.radecic [at] bankwatch.orgTel.:
Gligor has more than 10 years of experience working and volunteering in the non-governmental sector in Croatia. Before joining Bankwatch, he spent 4 years working as a Legal Officer for a nature conservation NGO Association BIOM (BirdLife Croatia). He has a law degree from the University of Zagreb. He is based in Zagreb, Croatia, and speaks Croatian and English.
More from Gligor Radečić
This report reveals how much EU public money has been channelled toward the expansion of fossil gas infrastructure in Poland and Romania since 2014 as well as what plans these two countries have for using various EU funding sources to finance additional fossil gas projects in coming years.
Amid the possibility of disruptions to Russian fossil gas supply to the EU, CEE governments appear short-sighted on both energy transition and energy security.
This month, the new State aid Guidelines for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 enter force. But with a surplus of loose formulations and flexible criteria, only with close public scrutiny can they support sustainable decarbonisation.
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy is dragging its feet in answering allegations on its role in the selection of priority gas pipelines in the Western Balkans and Caucasus region. The delays threaten to diminish the chances of the Ombudsman’s findings being taken into account while developing new EU energy rules.
Our energy systems are a long way from alignment with the pathway to stay below a 1.5°C rise in global temperatures, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2021 report published yesterday.
