Cutting energy use in Europe’s old building stock: Mission impossible?

4 June 2012  | EurActiv

http://www.euractiv.com/energy-efficiency/cutting-energy-use-europes-old-b-linksdossier-512025

Parliament: do not let Poland hijack green agenda

1 June 2012  | EuObserver

Warsaw’s latest battle against efforts to ‘green’ Europe’s economy is being played out in the European Parliament’s regional affairs committee. Polish-designed technical texts could kill the environment-friendly criteria attached to the next €1 trillion EU budget.

EBRD refutes claim it will fund Ukrainian reactor life extensions

31 May 2012  | Platts

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has rejected claims by an anti-nuclear group that a loan it is considering together with Euratom for Ukraine’s nuclear sector will be used to extend the operating lives of the country’s Soviet-era reactors.

Polish Power-Station Free Carbon Bid Breaks Law:Greenpeace

31 May 2012  | Bloomberg

Poland broke European Union law when unbuilt power stations were permitted to apply for free carbon allowances last year, Greenpeace and three other climate charities said.

EBRD Expansion to Tunisia Brings New Focus on Private Sector

25 May 2012  | Tunisia Live

With its sights set on Tunisia and other countries in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) declared at a recent summit in London that it is breaking away from the free-market approach it employed to shore up the economies of Eastern European states in the post-Cold War period.

Empowering Arab Women, a Difficult Task for the EBRD

24 May 2012  | Morocco World News

Faced with a lack of opportunities and disempowerment in their societies, women’s journey towards self-assertion is more effort consuming.