How the EBRD can seize the day in sustainable development
June 28, 2018
To truly invest in changing lives and preventing human rights violations, the EBRD must ensure that its independent accountability office can conduct rigorous investigations into allegations of abuse in financed projects – and hold itself accountable.
Bosnian activists hail dam victory
June 28, 2018
Activists have claimed a small victory in their attempts to prevent the construction of around 3,000 dams across the Balkans, which will block fish migration routes and destroy some of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers. Villagers in Kruščica about 70k
Petition handed to EBRD calling on IFIs to drop “destructive hydropower in the Balkans”
June 26, 2018
Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save the continent’s last undammed rivers have handed in a petition endorsed globally by more than 120,000 people, calling on international development banks to rein in financial suppor
A new campaign aims to save the last wild rivers of Europe
June 26, 2018
Protecting the last “wild rivers” of Europe is the aim of a new campaign from outdoor clothing company Patagonia, along with NGOs and locals. Source: A new campaign aims to save the last wild rivers of Europe
Blue Heart und die tapferen Frauen von Kruščica
June 25, 2018
“Es ist eine Verschwendung von Geld und eine moralische Farce, dass einige der größten Finanzinstitutionen der Welt diese veraltete und ausbeuterische Technologie unterstützen.” Source: Blue Heart und die tapferen Frauen von Kruščica
120,000 sign petition to save one of Europe’s last unspoiled corners
June 22, 2018
More than 120,000 people have signed a petition calling for one of the last true wildernesses in Europe to be protected from hydroelectric dams. Home to the only remaining undammed rivers on the Continent, the so-called Blue Heart of Europe is an area
Hidroelektrane prijete rijekama na Balkanu?
June 22, 2018
Peticijom je zatraženo da se zaustavi investiranje u hidroelektrane na Balkanu. Source: Hidroelektrane prijete rijekama na Balkanu?
In 120 mila per salvare i fiumi dei Balcani dalle dighe
June 22, 2018
Alla Bers una petizione che chiede di bloccare i fondi per la costruzione di dighe e centrali idroelettriche nel cuore blu dell’Europa: 2800 gli impianti progettati Source: In 120 mila per salvare i fiumi dei Balcani dalle dighe
Over 120,000 petition development banks to Save the Blue Heart of Europe and drop destructive hydropower in the Balkans
June 21, 2018
London, Prague, Radolfzell, Vienna – Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save Europe’s last remaining wild rivers [1] handed in a petition endorsed globally by more than 120,000 people, calling on international development banks to rein in financial support for hydropower projects in the Balkans.
Belgrade waste public-private partnership (PPP)
June 19, 2018
The Vinča waste PPP contract between the City of Belgrade and the Suez-Itochu consortium raises numerous issues including the terms of the contract, the waste management model envisaged, and the impacts on the Roma population living on the landfill, as
