Belgrade incinerator plans raise burning questions
December 19, 2018
The planned Belgrade waste incinerator in Serbia, being considered for financing by the EBRD, EIB and IFC, is incompatible with increasing waste prevention and recycling rates and endangers the already precarious livelihoods of the 12,000 people who currently live from waste-picking in the city. The recently published environmental and social impact assessment for the project fails to resolve either of these issues, as well as numerous others.
Belgrade Solid Waste PPP ESIA
December 18, 2018
Comments and questions in English and Serbian submitted during the public consultation on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment.
UN-Klimakonferenz in Kattowitz: Morgenluft im Kohleland
December 14, 2018
Ausgerechnet im Kohlerevier um Kattowitz richtet der Gastgeber Polen die UN-Klimakonferenz aus. Gelingt dort der Strukturwandel? Source: UN-Klimakonferenz in Kattowitz: Morgenluft im Kohleland
Activist: Poland’s ‘just transition’ declaration is just posturing
December 14, 2018
The just transition declaration adopted at the COP24 in Poland sounds good but it is not connected to any kind of climate ambition or specific energy projects involving local communities, Alexandru Mustata told EURACTIV Slovakia. Source: Activist: Pola
Can Poland wean itself off coal?
December 14, 2018
Climate experts say the renaissance can be stopped but change must happen now – and the main obstacle is at the top Source: Can Poland wean itself off coal?
Baca-Pogorzelska: Polska węglem nie stoi. Polska na węglu leży
December 14, 2018
– COP24 w Katowicach i dyskusje wokół niego pokazały, że polskie społeczeństwo jest gotowe do poważnej rozmowy o klimacie, chociaż zupełnie nie są do niej przygotowani nasi rządzący. Ważne pytania o sprawiedliwą transformację, implikacje raportu IPCC c
Aktivista: Slovensko patrí k najpokročilejším, ale chýba mu plán pre úplný útlm uhlia
December 13, 2018
Deklaráciu o spravodlivej uhoľnej transformácii, ktorú v Katoviciach predstavilo poľské predsedníctvo COP24, podpísala aj slovenská vláda. Pre ALEXANDRA MUSTATU je len pózou. Source: Aktivista: Slovensko patrí k najpokročilejším, ale chýba mu plán pre
Shuakhevi Compliance Review
December 12, 2018
In view of the considerable public resources invested in the Shuakhevi HPP project and in view of the negative impacts on local people’s safety and livelihoods, as well on local resources needed for sustainable development of the Adjara region and Geor
Proteste gegen Transadriatische Pipeline: Griechische Bauern gegen Erdgas
December 11, 2018
Ganz Europa will diese Pipeline. Wirklich ganz Europa? Wie 70 griechische Bauern gegen die Energiepolitik der EU rebellieren. Source: Proteste gegen Transadriatische Pipeline: Griechische Bauern gegen Erdgas
As human rights declaration turns 70, development banks have a ways to go to respect and protect rights defenders
December 10, 2018
Today 10 December marks the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To coincide with this milestone, Bankwatch together with more than 200 organisations globally has called on international financiers [1] to ensure that these institutions support the realisation of human rights, avoid causing or contributing to rights abuses, promote an enabling environment for public participation, and safeguard rights defenders.
