Towards Green Cohesion seminar – Key demands
February 4, 2025
This document presents key recommendations for shaping the future of the EU’s post-2027 cohesion policy.
Western Balkans: Environmental groups challenge Commission’s breach of Reform and Growth Facility safeguards
January 13, 2025
CEE Bankwatch Network and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe have formally requested a review (1) of the European Commission’s decision to approve five Western Balkan countries’ Reform Agendas under the new Reform and Growth Facility. The groups argue that the approval breached EU law by failing to apply mandatory environmental safeguards and public consultation requirements.
RePowering the regions: A comparative analysis of decarbonisation strategies in nine central and eastern European countries
December 18, 2024
This comparative analysis of decarbonisation strategies in nine central and eastern European countries aims to enhance knowledge of decarbonisation pathways.
Cohesion policy at a crossroads: Navigating the 2025 mid-term review and the next EU budget
December 6, 2024
This report brings insight in to how the mid-term review offers flexibility for EU member states to improve their cohesion policy programmes.
No just transition in sight for gas-distracted Serbian coal communities
December 2, 2024
Serbia’s underground coal mining regions, burdened by pollution and ancient technology, face an uncertain future, as plans to replace coal with fossil gas risk a new lock-in of unsustainable energy and distract authorities from unlocking the region’s untapped potential in agriculture, tourism, and green industries.
Voices of transition: Shaping the just transition future
November 20, 2024
CEE Bankwatch Network is pleased to invite you to the event ‘Voices of transition: Shaping the just transition future’ on Thursday, 5 December 2024 from 10:00 to 13:00 at the Press Club Brussels.
Green Solidarity: Guiding principles for a truly just Social Climate Fund
November 6, 2024
The Social Climate Fund (SCF) was established by the EU to help alleviate the negative social and economic impacts of the new Emissions Trading System (ETS2), which introduces a carbon price on transport and heating.
Vital conditions to support businesses towards a stronger, fairer and more sustainable economy
November 6, 2024
This document brings insight in to how public finance can foster green manufacturing, support innovative start-ups, and facilitate the transformation of industry and its supply chain.
New guidance released for Community-driven Green Deal Actions
November 4, 2024
Collecting experience from 24 local actions across Europe to highlight how communities can help advance European Green Deal objectives, a new guide presents concrete ideas on six different topics.
Looking beyond the hype: Public funding of hydrogen in central and eastern Europe
October 31, 2024
This briefing analyses over-optimism about hydrogen’s role in the central and eastern European Member States – Hungary, Poland and Romania.