Latest unambitious domino falls as Poland publishes plan for EU recovery fund
March 25, 2021
A lack of ambition, vision and delivery sums up the Polish national recovery and resilience plan that was released on 26 February. The fundamental flaw is that the plan provides no path for the country to reach neither the EU’s climate neutrality target by 2050 nor the much less ambitious targets outlined in the recent Poland’s Energy Policy 2040 (PEP2040), like reducing the share of coal in the electricity mix to 56 per cent.
EU-Umweltminister*innen: viel Austausch, aber keine Entscheidungen
March 19, 2021
c. PixabaynDie EU-Umweltminister*innen berieten über die EU-Klimaanpassungsstrategie, tauschten sich über das „Greening“ des Europäischen …
Nature ignored in European recovery funding, say campaign groups
March 18, 2021
Member States plan pitiful amounts of spending from the €672 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to protect and preserve nature, in spite of EU requirements and the generally poor state of biodiversity across the continent, say civil society groups ahead of Thursday’s meeting of European environmental ministers.
The EU Recovery Funds: time to start properly investing in biodiversity and nature conservation
March 18, 2021
The state of nature is in crisis. A recent European Environmental Agency (EEA) report reveals that 81 per cent of habitats in Europe are in ‘poor condition’, and without swift action this dire situation will only become worse. We need systemic and wide
Există și așa ceva: România, dată ca exemplu pozitiv în UE! Celelate state, nu
March 18, 2021
România a fost lăudată că a alocat fonduri generoase pentru natură.
Romania: Unchanged RES capacity since 2015
March 17, 2021
Romania has had the same capacity installed in renewable energy since 2015 – 10,700 MW, of which 4,800 MW fall under the green certificate …
Verbände fordern die EU-Umweltminister auf den ökologischen Übergang mit Investitionen zu beschleunigen
March 17, 2021
NGOs call on the EU Environment Ministers to improve Recovery and Resilience Plans to accelerate ecological transitionn(WK-intern) – Ahead …
Polska strategia energetyczna: Atomu nie mamy „bardziej” niż magazynów energii
March 13, 2021
„Zadaniem polityków powinno być usunięcie barier regulacyjnych, które cały czas blokują rozwój odnawialnych źródeł energii w Polsce”, …
Polska strategia energetyczna 2030: Jak ułożyć nowy miks energetyczny?
March 11, 2021
O tym jakimi źródłami energii najlepiej zastąpić drożejący węgiel, który wciąż stanowi około 70 proc. polskiego miksu energetycznego mówiła …
More of the same secrecy in Latvia and Romania as EU recovery funds planning gets underway
March 10, 2021
National Recovery and Resilience Plans have to be submitted to the European Commission by 30 April, 2021. Yet less than two months before the deadline, the latest updates from the Romanian and Latvian recovery plans raise alarm on public participation and on unambitious climate and energy targets.