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Home > Archives for Rights, democracy, development

Rights, democracy, development

Dabrova dolina: Zašto ne graditi čak ni male hidroelektrane u zaštićenim područjima

March 26, 2018

Dabrova Dolina Zašto ne graditi čak ni male hidroelektrane u zaštićenim područjima. Pippa Gallop, Bankwatch Privredna Banka Zagreb (PBZ) je 2015. godine odobrila kredit od milijun eura za izgradnju hidroelektrane na rijeci Mrežnici. Kreditna linija je

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Answer to the European Commission’s reply regarding The Best Laid Plans

March 26, 2018

1. The EFSI regulation lists seven general objectives (sectors) open to funding: energy transport infrastructure and equipment research, development and innovation small, medium and small mid-cap companies information and telecommunication technology e

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Money flows, rivers dry

March 22, 2018

Erste, Sberbank and the EBRD have been fueling the destruction of 27 km of rivers in the region of Josanicka banja, on the borders of the Kopaonik National Park in Serbia. It is a stark warning how the future of the Balkans might look if uncontrolled investment continues.

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Les banques publiques européennes financent la destruction des rivières des Balkans – Le Courrier des Balkans

March 21, 2018

Les grandes banques publiques internationales participent à la destruction des rivières sauvages des Balkans. Voilà ce que révèle l’étude que vient (…) Source: Les banques publiques européennes financent la destruction des rivières des Balkans – Le C

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Dabrova Dolina, Croatia

March 19, 2018

Why even small hydropower plants shouldn’t be built in protected areas.

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The EU’s flagship project lacks climate assessment

March 16, 2018

While the EU portrays itself as a leader of the Paris Agreement, its financial arm – the European Investment Bank (EIB) – approves another loan to the controversial Southern Gas Corridor project without proper climate impact assessments.

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Tell the dam truth says Patagonia | pebble magazine

March 16, 2018

Patagonia’s new campaign Blue Heart takes aim at the unprecedented amount of new hydro projects in the Balkans that threaten Europe’s last wild rivers Source: Tell the dam truth says Patagonia | pebble magazine

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Financing for hydropower in protected areas of southeast Europe: update

March 16, 2018

Multilateral development banks have supported no fewer than 82 hydropower projects across southeast Europe, including in protected areas. The study finds that the number of hydropower projects in the region that enjoy financial support from multilatera

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International banks fuelling a hydropower tsunami that’s decimating pristine Balkan rivers – study

March 16, 2018

Radolfzell, Vienna, Prague – Multilateral development banks have supported no fewer than 82 hydropower projects across southeast Europe, including in protected areas, according to a study by CEE Bankwatch Network released today.

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Controversial Turkish-Azerbaijani gas pipeline gets major EU loan

March 15, 2018

Today the board of directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) green-lighted a EUR 932 million loan to the Trans Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP), the Turkish section of the Southern Gas Corridor, a month after handing out the largest ever fossil fuels loan to the western section of the same project.

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