The digital and green transitions’ impacts on the Global South
May 4, 2023
The twin transition, green and digital, is being put forward within the European institutions as a central solution to combat the climate emergency. This technology-based transition – renewables, electric vehicles, green hydrogen, digitalisation – requires critical and strategic materials that are spread around the world.
Meeting with the EIB complaints mechanism and advocacy meetings with MEPs and the European Commission on the EIBs role in financing the European Green Deal
May 3, 2023
On 3 May Counter Balance and several members and partners of their network participated in a meeting with a significant number of staff of the EIBs Complaints mechanism of the European Investment Bank at their office in Luxembourg.
Protection of Environmental interests: Green light to be heard!
April 20, 2023
Two seminars for young people and one seminar for educators and local activists were organised, where participants could learn about the existing opportunities of civil engagement and public participation in the decisions made by municipalities, the government of Latvia. They also heard the summary of experiences of environmental organisations on how to influence expenditure of public finances and EU funds in a climate, environment and biodiversity-friendly direction.
The European Green and Biodiversity Workshop and Conference
April 14, 2023
The event was jointly organised by the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights’ Secretariat for Future Generations, the Department of Environmental Law and Competition Law of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and the National Society of Conservationists (MTVSZ).
Recovery and gas at full throttle
March 15, 2023
The webinar ‘Recovery and gas at full throttle’ was organised to reflect and debate on the REPowerEU plan that encourages Member States to add several new LNG terminals and pipelines, opening up the possibility of using various chapters of the European budget to finance them and allowing for a derogation from the ‘do no significant harm’ principle.
Want to advocate for the environment? It’s not as hard as it sounds!
March 3, 2023
At the beginning of 2023, Green Liberty announced 2023 as the Year for Environmental Advocacy in Latvia. 38 active people, emerging environmentalists and members of various organisations met in a full-day opening event on 3 March 2023 in Riga to explor
Recovery Fund: what investments to fight energy poverty?
February 27, 2023
Public investments proposed by governments should address energy poverty by ensuring affordable energy prices, energy efficiency improvements, energy savings and social inclusion. Are there good practices that manage to combine these dimensions? What investments do we need to respond to this urgency?
The new EU emergency regulation on renewables permitting
February 23, 2023
On 23 February participants from various environmental organisations joined the webinar organised by Bankwatch to discuss how to apply the EU’s new emergency regulation on renewables permitting without harming biodiversity.
Three days of advocacy meetings in Brussels with the European Commission
February 15, 2023
CEE Bankwatch Network organised a lobby week in Brussels from 15 to 17 February, where campaigners from five environmental organisations and five central and eastern European countries joined the plenary meeting of the European Community of Practice on Partnership (ECoPP), a platform launched by the European Commission in 2022.
What infrastructure for a just transition?
February 7, 2023
During this meeting, we will look at two major Italian infrastructure: the new breakwater in Genoa, funded by the Italian RRP, and the widening of the Bologna highway bypass, a public infrastructure presented as a symbol of ecological transition.
