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Western Balkans: NGOs launch proposals to revive EU’s flagging Green Agenda

1 October, 2024

A group of 18 civil society organisations has today submitted proposals (1) to overhaul the EU’s Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, in advance of an official update scheduled later this year. They aim to increase the initiative’s focus, transparency and results and ensure more effective use of EU funds for environmental protection.

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European Parliament fails to halt disastrous hydropower project jeopardising local livelihoods and endangered species

27 September, 2024

WWF and CEE Bankwatch Network question the EU Commission’s reasons for putting this decades-old project on the Danube river on its priority investment list.

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42 civil society organisations call on EU leaders to secure funding for the just transition in the next EU budget

18 September, 2024

As the new European Commission and Parliament begin their mandates, 42 civil society organisations from across Europe have issued a statement (1) calling on EU leaders to ensure the continuation of the Just Transition Fund in the next EU budget.

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Western Balkans: coal pollution increases due to government ​failures​​​​​ – new report

17 September, 2024

In 2023, ​Western Balkan governments’ dereliction of their ​law enforcement ​duties​​ again allowed an increase in sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution from the region’s antiquated coal power plants, according to the sixth edition of Bankwatch’s Comply or Close report, published today (1). Dust and nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution from coal plants also continued to exceed legal limits.

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Reaction to the European Court of Auditors’ report on the green transition in the EU’s recovery fund

12 September, 2024

The European Court of Auditors’ report on implementation of EU’s recovery fund, published yesterday, casts a new shadow over the contribution of the fund to the green transition.

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