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EIB keeps denying Southern Gas Corridor climate impact

4 August, 2020

As it seeks to morph into the EU’s climate bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB) continues to downplay the climate footprint of many of the projects it finances, including that of Europe’s largest fossil fuels project, the Southern Gas Corridor.

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Informing women is the first step to empowering them

3 August, 2020

Evidence of meaningful implementation of the Gender Action Plan for EBRD and GCF’s Green Cities Framework – not found.

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Controversial plans for Estonian shale oil pre-refinery cancelled

31 July, 2020

But will leaders take this opportunity to support a meaningful just transition?

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Illegal lignite mine expansion in Bosnia and Herzegovina prompts NGO formal complaint

30 July, 2020

The ongoing expansion at the Gacko lignite mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, happening already for over three years and treated lightly by local environmental authorities, breaches the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, argues the complaint submitted today to the Energy Community’s secretariat by the Center for Environment from Banja Luka. The organisation has sought remedies on domestic level on two occasions, but the Ministry of Environment took no action.

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Priority energy infrastructure projects for the EU’s neighbours still anchored in fossil fuels

28 July, 2020

The energy projects proposed by the Energy Community countries for priority status, including privileged access to public funds, have now passed the evaluation stage, expecting a final decision by the year’s end. On the bright side, at least two megalomaniac projects were dropped. On the dark one, the remaining projects floor the gas pedal.

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