CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft GET 2.0
Publication | 3 June, 2020CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft of the Green Economy Transition 2.0
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The EBRD and EIB’s Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure Investments in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood
Publication | 26 May, 2020From October to December 2019, Bankwatch conducted research on CSOs’ perceptions of the impact of EBRD and EIB investments in municipal infrastructure on local communities in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood.
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Slovene prosecutors file charges over coal plant corruption
Blog entry | 25 May, 2020The long-running saga of Slovenia’s overpriced Šoštanj 6 coal power plant took a dramatic turn last week when Slovene prosecutors filed charges including money laundering against 12 people and two companies. Meanwhile, in 2018, the Šoštanj power plant as a whole generated a net loss of EUR 58.5 million. Why are nearby Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina – both countries that are planning new coal plants – not learning any lessons?
Read moreEBRD’s potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response
Publication | 7 May, 2020CEE Bankwatch Network’s letter to the EBRD for its potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response.
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A herd of white elephants is approaching the EU’s neighbours
Blog entry | 30 April, 2020Over three quarters of the energy projects proposed by the EU’s neighbours for priority status, including privileged access to public funds, are fossil fuels projects.
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From the Caucasus to Russia: Why this road?
Blog entry | 27 April, 2020To “better connect the Caucasus to Russia,” a new road project, Kvesheti-Kobi, is planned to be realized in Georgia. This road section will be part of a north-south corridor that passes the Caucasus and serves to connect the region to Russia.
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Change for good: why we need fair, just supply chains
Blog entry | 27 April, 2020Uncertainty and crisis are not uncommon to global supply chains. The present disruption sheds light on the unsustainability of production and logistics and is an opportunity for economic players like the international financial institutions to rethink the way supply chains benefit those at every stage.
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The Commission must stay strong on EU sustainable investment criteria as they become law
Blog entry | 24 April, 2020As the European Commission moves to legislate on criteria regulating what can be defined as sustainable investments, Bankwatch warns that activities such as waste incineration, gas combustion and nuclear energy must not be allowed to sneak in at the last minute.
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Fears revive in the villages of Shuakhevi as one of Georgia’s biggest hydropower plants starts operation
Blog entry | 17 April, 2020Georgia’s Shuakhevi hydropower plant (HPP), which once promised to bring energy independence to the country but collapsed soon after becoming operational in 2017, has come back to life. But its return has not been welcome.
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Status update on the Nenskra hydropower plant project
Blog entry | 9 April, 2020New comprehensive assessments of project alternatives, climate risks, and environmental and social impacts are necessary if the project will ever restart.
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