Aligning the development of renewable energy with nature conservation objectives
July 10, 2023
This webinar aimed to discuss how the recent changes to the EU’s renewable energy policy, coupled with the vast funds now available through the EU’s recovery funds, can still ensure the development of renewables are in line with nature conservation objectives.
European Green Deal – workshop for NGOs
June 28, 2023
The event was dedicated to NGOs focused on the European Green Deal (EGD) and European funds. It aimed to provide representatives of civil society, particularly members of monitoring committees, with crucial knowledge of EU funds and their alignment with the EGD.
Report launch ‘No recovery without citizens: why public involvement is key to Europe’s green transformation’
June 21, 2023
The report shows how Europe’s recovery is not delivering the green transformation because citizens have been marginalised from the design and implementation of these investments. It is published by the Citizens’ Observatory for Green Deal Financing coalition.
Fast-tracking the clean heat transition: leveraging private capital
June 21, 2023
On Wednesday, 21 June CEE Bankwatch Network co-organised an event together with Euroheat and Power, with the title ‘Fast-tracking the clean heat transition: leveraging private capital’. The session was held as part of the European Sustainability Energy Week organised by the European Commission, and took place at the Residence Palace, in Brussels.
Debt: Let’s organise against a new wave of green-colored austerity
June 10, 2023
On 10 June, the Debt Observatory in Globalization held a meeting between international networks and activists from different fields to discuss the relationship between debt and the current moment, the different struggles and how it is present in our daily lives.
Garden of Eden or desert? Water retention in the Great Hungarian Plain and the Recovery Facility
June 5, 2023
The 2022 drought demonstrated what experts have known for years, that Europe’s next crisis will be water. Ill-considered water management practices, damming, irrigation, and overuse of subsurface water have damaged entire landscapes on our continent.
Social perspectives of the Polish recovery plan: New Energy for Energy Cooperatives
June 2, 2023
Polish Green Network will present the documentary titled ‘The New Energy’. People depicted in the documentary are planning or operating energy communities. They face many bureaucratic and legal obstacles while seeking financial aid for their investments. Will the Polish recovery plan help them? Does the government’s plan sufficiently address the needs of emerging energy communities in Poland?
Is there room for care and feminisms in this transition?
June 1, 2023
Although one of the main triggers of the current crisis was the health emergency resulting from COVID-19, three years later we seem to have forgotten the consequences of underfunded and privatised public health and care services when it comes to dealing with a global pandemic. Moreover, it is not just that they are unprepared for an emergency like 2020, but that across Europe, public services are being progressively dismantled in favour of large private companies.
Webinar ‘Citizens as key actors for delivering the European Green Deal’
May 29, 2023
Join us for a webinar that will showcase how citizens can become part of EU funds’ decision making and ensure these are used to deliver the transformation needed. The session will cover the role of EU citizens as watchdogs, and how and why they are key actors in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal.
Hydrogen: the major player in the energy transition
May 10, 2023
In the desire to decarbonise the economy and production, there is one element that resonates above all else: green hydrogen. In order to develop it, the aim is to reproduce the same transport and consumption model as with fossil gas and, for this reason, the European Union, the Spanish state and countries of the Global South have developed their roadmaps to make hydrogen a reality.
