In Estonia, taming the IT tiger
September 26, 2019 | Read more
In parallel to the UN Climate Summit, Bankwatch sends our experts on Just Transition to Estonia to share with locals the experience from coal mining countries that have started to develop action plans for regions that would need to go through re-development due to coal phase-out.
First large-scale solar district heating plant in the Baltics opens in Latvia
September 24, 2019 | Read more
In the town of Salaspils, Latvia, the sun will now provide most of the energy for heating water during warm months.
Strike! Bankwatch and Fridays for future
September 20, 2019 | Read more
Beginning September 20, millions of people across the globe will be joining the #GlobalClimateStrike week of action, showing political leaders that people everywhere want no more excuses and bad faith – action on climate should happen today and be radical.
Montenegro finally cancels Pljevlja II coal power plant
September 18, 2019 | Read more
Montenegrin Premier Duško Marković announced that the Government is no longer pursuing the planned Pljevlja II lignite power plant, making Montenegro the first Western Balkan country to officially cancel a new coal project.
Prisoners of coal
September 6, 2019 | Read more
The Stanari coal-fired power plant, which started operating in September 2016, its ash disposal site, and the already-existing open-cast lignite mine have formed a curve around the north and east of the village. Now the locals in Stanari are regularly affected by pollution from different directions. The ones we spoke to, who live closest to the mine, claim that their health is deteriorating, their agricultural land is becoming useless and their homes are losing their value as the mine is devouring the nearby hills.
Uncertain future for Slovakia’s development funds
August 22, 2019 | Read more
The Slovak government does not seem to understand the difference between export promotion and development aid, as it proposes to lump the two under one institution, Eximbanka SR.
