Land lost but not forgotten
Publication | 30 November, 2017Impacts of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline on the land and livelihoods of farmers in Albania In May 2017, Bankwatch, together with the Albanian Helsinki Committee undertook a mission along the corridor of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline in Albania to talk to p
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Europe’s murky Eastern energy deals
Blog entry | 24 November, 2017Millions of euros in public money are being invested in large infrastructure projects in the EU’s eastern neighbours in total disregard for Europe’s climate goals, and local communities, writes Manana Kochladze.
Read moreCommunities in Chuberi and Nakra, Georgia, address financiers of Nenskra hydropower plant
Publication | 23 November, 2017In this letter, communities affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia, explain the project promoter’s inadequate engagement with locals and ask the international financial institutions to stop considering financing the project. More than 100
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Déjà vu in biodiversity: public banks pitted against international wildlife convention
Blog entry | 15 November, 2017Europe’s wildlife guardian has sent a warning to Georgia over changes to a protected area in the Caucasus mountains. International lenders are interested in financing hydro developments in the region.
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New report: Juncker Plan backs billions in fossil fuels and carbon-heavy infrastructure
Press release | 14 November, 2017The European Union is set to continue a funding tool that in last two years has lent billions of euros for fossil fuels projects.
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Doing the same thing and expecting different results?
Publication | 10 November, 2017An analysis of the sustainability and transparency of the European Fund for Strategic Investments.
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Kill the funding. Kill the pipeline.
Blog entry | 1 November, 2017The anti fossil fuels movement 350.org calls for cutting off the funding to new gas infrastructure for Europe – namely for the ‘carbon bomb’ that is the Southern Gas Corridor.
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The great gas lock-in – industry lobbying is behind the EU push for new gas infrastructure
Blog entry | 31 October, 2017A new report from Corporate Europe Observatory shows why the fire-power of the gas industry makes it a powerful and effective lobbying force in Brussels and national capitals. Meanwhile, public interest groups have a fraction of the resources and access.
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Nenskra HPP: the concerns of worried locals fall on deaf ears of project developers
Blog entry | 12 October, 2017In an interview, a teacher from Chuberi in the Svaneti mountains gave us an impression of how the project developers of the planned Nenskra dam engage with locals.
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Fossil fuel subsidies by European public banks are underwriting climate change
Blog entry | 28 September, 2017European public banks who have repeatedly voiced their commitment to tackling the climate crisis and ‘greening’ their investment portfolios continue to dole out cash for fossil fuels extraction, distribution and consumption.
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