The Ulog hydropower plant on the river Neretva, Bosnia and Herzegovina
December 18, 2023
The Ulog plant, with a 53-metre high dam, is currently being built on the upper Neretva in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the middle of a nominated candidate Emerald site – an area which should be protected under the Bern Convention.
Following the money: Czech Republic
December 18, 2023
This briefing explores the Czech Territorial Just Transition Plan for three designated regions – Ústecký, Moravskoslezský, and Karlovarský – receiving funds from the Just Transition Fund.
Following the money: Slovakia
December 18, 2023
This briefing discusses the Slovak Territorial Just Transition Plan for three designated regions—Upper Nitra, Košický, and Banskobystrický—receiving funds from the Just Transition Fund.
Updating national energy and climate plans: signs of reluctance to phase out fossil fuels
December 14, 2023
Member States are currently updating their national energy and climate plans (NECPs) adopted in 2019, following the Energy Union governance regulation.
Paris alignment: why there is no more space for European public money to finance fossil fuels
December 14, 2023
The aim of this briefing is to lay out the latest scientific evidence on why there is no more space for fossil fuel investments if we aim to keep global temperature increases to below 1.5 °C by the end of the century.
Monitoring cohesion policy funds in central and eastern Europe
December 12, 2023
The purpose of this briefing is to provide an overview of the monitoring committees charged with overseeing programmes on the environment, climate and energy, and the just transition in eight countries in central and eastern Europe: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Manifesto on the future of EU public finances: our priorities for delivering a just and ecological transformation
November 24, 2023
This manifesto presents priorities for delivering a just and ecological transformation, prepared by the coalition Citizens’ Observatory for Green Deal Financing.
Amidst the climate crisis, European Commission green-lights new fossil gas projects in Poland and Croatia
November 22, 2023
Poland and Croatia are set to receive EUR 1.2 billion in EU recovery funds to expand liquefied gas (LNG) terminals and build new pipelines.
Social Climate Fund – unlocking the potential for a socially just transition
November 21, 2023
This briefing summarises the most important aspects of the regulation that establishes the Social Climate Fund.
Just transition case study: Żyrardów – regeneration and a city reinvented
November 3, 2023
This case study presents the revitalisation process of Żyrardów, a city in Poland.
