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City of Zagreb still playing with fire

18 July, 2014

Seasoned Bankwatch-watchers may recall our successful four-year campaign to stop the EBRD from financing a waste incinerator just outside Zagreb. Between 2005 and 2008, we supported Zelena akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia and local group UZOR to prevent the City of Zagreb from building a huge 385 000 tonnes per year waste incinerator in Resnik on the outskirts of Croatia’s capital.

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A Private Affair: Report shows how development finance institutions benefit the rich in Western countries

11 July, 2014

A new report shows how private western-based companies are benefiting from multilateral development banks’ support while governments and citizens in recipient countries are delegated to the sidelines.

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Video: A mockumentary about biodiversity offsetting

10 July, 2014

Компенсация потерь биоразнообразия в Европейском Союзе станет осуществившейся мечтой для некоторых инвесторов и настоящим кошмаром для природы.

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Video: A mockumentary about biodiversity offsetting

10 July, 2014

Biodiversity offsetting in the European Union would be a dream come true for some investors – and a nightmare for nature.

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Cheap coal for Europe comes at high price for Ukrainian people

9 July, 2014

While Ukraine’s aging coal power infrastructure is causing pollution and energy loss in the country, coal-based electricity is exported at a dumping price to EU countries.

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