Voices of support for Ukraine echo in Morocco: takeaways from the EBRD Annual Meeting in Marrakesh
Blog entry | 8 June, 2022The 2022 EBRD Annual Meeting was held in the city of Marrakesh, Morocco. Although taking place far away geographically, the topic of Ukraine dominated the agenda. Will the EBRD ensure its funds for the country’s reconstruction are used in the most efficient, green and inclusive way?
Read morePouring millions from empty into the void
Blog entry | 30 May, 2022EBRD and EIB investments in Bulgarian hydropower have once again been hit by scandal with the recent failure of the Chaira pumped storage plant and revelations about the illegality of small hydropower plants. The planned Yadenitsa dam would be more of the same: will the EBRD and EIB be wise enough to say no?
Read moreSustainable heating is already reality in the EU. Now it’s the Western Balkans’ turn
Blog entry | 16 May, 2022In the Western Balkans, heating based on fossil fuels is making air pollution worse and is also the source of half of greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable and affordable heating systems based on renewables are no fantasy. They operate successfully in other parts of Europe, and can be implemented in the Western Balkans if decision makers start acting now.
Read moreIs there room for informal waste pickers in Serbia’s new waste management system?
Blog entry | 10 March, 2022As Serbia modernises its waste collection, the people who keep the country’s cities clean and green should not be left behind.
Read moreTowards a people-powered, green transformation in Almaty
Blog entry | 16 February, 2022The EBRD must move away from its carbon tunnel vision and widen its perspective on all impacts of climate investments in cities
Read moreNo resolution for Ukrainian villagers after three years of negotiations with agro-giant MHP
Blog entry | 7 February, 2022‘Peaceful negotiations’ between village residents in Vinnytska oblast and Myronivskyi Hliboprodukt (MHP), the largest agribusiness company in Ukraine, have ended abruptly, leaving all issues related to the company’s impacts on local communities unresolved.
Read moreWar returnees won discrimination case over re-routing of the EBRD and EIB financed motorway
Blog entry | 20 January, 2022Municipal court decision concluded that the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina (FBiH) indirectly discriminated against war returnees in Mostar South by choosing a new route of the Corridor Vc motorway without public consultations.
Read moreThe dark side of EBRD’s Green Cities
Blog entry | 20 December, 2021Residents of Almaty’s Kairat district are being suffocated by an illegal depot for diesel buses. They call on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to find a solution before the Bank approves a new loan for green public transport in Kazakhstan’s largest city.
Read moreAt Bulgarian coal mine, a climate and human rights crisis unfolds
Blog entry | 18 November, 2021People abandoned at the edge of Bulgaria’s largest coal basin expect accountability from the multilateral development bank that financed the mine expansion.
Read moreWant to make cities climate neutral? Engage residents!
Blog entry | 11 November, 2021As multilateral development banks and national governments in Glasgow debate how cities should reach climate neutrality, they should not overlook the role of effective citizen participation in shaping cities’ future. Activists from Kyiv who successfully fought to protect unique wetlands are an example of how important it is to involve citizens in creating a better future.
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