Living on the edge: waste collection at Mongolia’s landfill rehabilitation project
October 16, 2019
Ulaanbaatar is growing, fast. The Mongolian capital has added several hundred thousand people in recent years, many of whom are abandoning the countryside and traditional forms of subsistence herding to pursue opportunities in the city. But the rush to the city is placing pressure on infrastructure like housing, transportation and other essential services.
NGOs challenge decision to approve Belgrade incinerator operating subsidies
October 15, 2019
The Ne Davimo Beograd initiative has this week challenged a decision by the Ministry of Mining and Energy to grant feed-in tariffs to Beo Čista Energija d.o.o. for the planned Vinča waste incinerator in Serbia, to be financed by the EBRD, IFC and Austrian development bank OeEB.
European Commission criticises the EIB’s role as a development bank
October 11, 2019
The European Commission recently published an evaluation of EIB development operations under its External Lending Mandate during the period 2014-2018. The Commission’s findings confirm our previous assessments and repeated calls for improvements in the fields of transparency, human rights due diligence and development impacts of EIB projects.
U Toplom Dolu održan protest meštana protiv gradnje MHE
September 29, 2019
Čelnici Saveza MZ Stare planine i Pokreta Odbranimo reke Stare planine, saopštili su na današnjem protestu u selu Topli Do podno Midžora da neće odustajati od blokade sela na mostu u centru, sve dok se ne ostvari jučerašnje obećanje predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića da se stopira gradnja MHE u zaštićenim područjima.
Ne živimo u magičnom balonu obloženom novčanicama
September 27, 2019
Obraćam vam se u vezi sa tekstom „Država plaća da bi bogati bili još bogatiji“ (Danas, strana 12, 26. 9. 2019. godine) u kom sam pomenut u negativnom kontekstu.
Western Balkans hydropower: who pays, who profits?
September 25, 2019
In the last decade, a wave of hydropower construction in the Western Balkans has caused ever-increasing public outcry. Large hydropower projects have long caused public resistance, but the mushrooming of smaller plants of less than 10 megawatts (MW) in
The Brussels Conversation: Green Finance Drive Squeezes Gas Projects
September 20, 2019
European Commission president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, has made a “European Green Deal” a cornerstone of her political agenda. It underpins her ambition to make Europe the world’s first climate neutral continent.
Uncertain future for Slovakia’s development funds
August 22, 2019
The Slovak government does not seem to understand the difference between export promotion and development aid, as it proposes to lump the two under one institution, Eximbanka SR.
Of CNN, Hydropower, and Albania’s Valbona Valley
August 14, 2019
The Albanian news partner is owned by a company in a bitter fight with conservationists. Is that a problem? Of CNN, Hydropower, and Albania’s Valbona Valley
Екоорганизации подновиха жалбите си за “Струма” през Кресненското дефиле
August 2, 2019
Български и чужди юристи и природозащитници атакуват изграждането на трасето на магистралата и с научни доказателства. Екоорганизации подновиха жалбите си за “Струма” през Кресненското дефиле
