Life is a living hell for families in Vreoci, Serbia, where lignite excavators have almost reached their houses. As the mine’s financier, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development must not allow Serbian state utility EPS to create a fait accompli that leaves locals with scraps and without home.
The Nenskra hydropower plant is implemented by two state-owned institutions and likely to be funded by several publicly owned development banks. Nonetheless, information about the contested project is being held back from public scrutiny.
A new law on air pollution recently adopted by the Mongolian government is in part the result of massive demonstrations against air pollution in the capital. The new policy, however, involves even more reliance on coal.
The use of international financial institutions to manage projects within the Green Climate Fund framework has been criticised as too far removed from communities and those affected by the investments. Recently approved projects, the biggest of them administered by the European Investment Bank confirm this view, despite willingness to include civil society.
Why no Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (NO TAP), here or elsewhere
April 13, 2017 | Read more
This article first appeared on the Re:Common website. It was the end of February and the scene is Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. During an official meeting, the Italian government was severely criticised for the considerable delays in the constructio
Balkans are gambling on coal as EU utilities opt out
April 12, 2017 | Read more
Eurelectric members have pledged to build no new coal power stations from 2020. So why do firms in Serbia and Bosnia still think they can make coal pay?
