Is crypto keeping Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam project afloat?
Eurasianet | December 23, 2024In a letter sent earlier this year to Bankwatch, World Bank officials defended Rogun as a potentially “transformative clean energy project that will improve domestic and regional welfare and contribute to the decarbonization of regional power grids in Central Asia, provided it is managed under sound macro-economic, commercial, and social and environmental sustainability frameworks.”
The World Bank should reconsider its mega dam project in Tajikistan
Al Jazeera | December 16, 2024Providing funding to a repressive regime to construct the ‘highest dam in the world’ is a recipe for disaster.
Bank of scandals: toxic culture of favouritism exposed at the European Investment Bank
Follow the money | December 11, 2024“Compared to other financial institutions, the EIB is run with a high level of internal secrecy,” said Anna Roggenbuck, who has been following the EIB for over 15 years for Bankwatch, a civil society organisation that monitors publicly financed projects.
The European Investment Bank has a chronic ‘revolving doors’ problem
EUobserver | December 5, 2024Instead of the EIB shrugging its shoulders at yet another revolving door case, it must understand these new revelations as a wake-up call to drive the necessary changes that will enable it, as a key EU institution, to retain public legitimacy.
As coal plants shut in Romania, some miners transition to green energy while others are reluctant
AP | October 23, 2024“There is no political vision that can show people the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Eliza Barnea from CEE Bankwatch Network, a climate-focused nonprofit.
Cop29 host Azerbaijan set for major fossil gas expansion, report says
The Guardian | October 23, 2024The new report, produced by Urgewald and CEE Bankwatch, found Azerbaijan was set to increase its gas production by a third in the next decade, with fossil fuel companies forecast to spend $41.4bn (£31.9bn) on the country’s gas fields.
Civil society groups urge EU leaders to secure funding for fair transition in regions
Euronews | September 18, 2024Civil groups are calling on EU leaders to prioritise EU funding to support regions most affected by the transition to climate neutrality in upcoming budget talks, according to a statement released today (September 18) by 42 civil society organisations.
EU hails benefits of multi-billion-euro environmental action
Euronews | August 2, 2024Five major environmental NGOs – WWF, BirdLife, the European Environmental Bureau, Euronatur and CEE Bankwatch – proposed just such a fund earlier this week, saying it would need an annual budget of between €15bn and €25bn to implement the NRL and operate the Natura 2000 network effectively.
Big fish, small Parliament pond
Politico | August 1, 2024NGO Bankwatch’s Anna Roggenbuck says the affair “shows a clear conflict of interest at the top management of the EIB, to which the Bank did not react.”
Forum Discusses New Yerevan Master Plan: Residents Lack Adequate Greenspace
Hetq | August 1, 2024Yerevan residents seeking a patch of greenspace for a bit of respite from the urban clamor, especially during the dog days of summer, probably won’t be surprised to learn that such areas in the city are way less than accepted international standards.
