For media inquiries and e-mail subscription to Bankwatch’s press releases, please contact our media officer:
Ido Liven
e-mail: ido.liven@bankwatch.org
Tel.: +48 22 892 00 86
skype: ido.bwn
Browse our press releases below
New Biofuelwatch briefing exposes Tuzla power plant’s planned biomass unit as a dead end
Press release | 21 December, 2023A new briefing by Biofuelwatch, launched today, has revealed that the planned use of biomass energy crops in a new unit at the Tuzla coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an unfeasible and environmentally risky endeavour.
Read moreEuropean development bank decides to keep cooking the planet
Press release | 15 December, 2023The board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) decided yesterday, 14 December, to green-light a new energy lending policy that, with some caveats, allows for continued financing of fossil gas pipelines and gas-fired power plants.
Read moreWhy the Bulgaria-Turkey gas deal could be a Russian Trojan horse
Blog entry | 13 December, 2023Promoted as a means to diversify gas sources, an agreement signed earlier this year by the Bulgarian government to import fossil gas from Turkey is only likely to provide a backdoor for Russian energy and undermine efforts to alleviate Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels
Read moreCrunch time for European development bank’s fossil fuel spending
Blog entry | 12 December, 2023The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to decide the future of its energy investments right after the latest round of UN climate negotiations concludes this week. Its Executive Directors must heed the EU’s call for a fossil fuel subsidy phase-out
Read moreNew EIB President Nadia Calviño must put people’s needs first
Press release | 8 December, 2023The new European Investment Bank (EIB) President Nadia Calviño must tap into the Bank’s green and social potential. She should direct the EIB to mobilise its resources to meet the fundamental needs of people and to assist with transforming our society into one that’s ecological and sustainable.
Read moreOn 14 December 2023, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could decide to end all fossil fuel investments
Press release | 7 December, 2023Two days* after COP 28 is due to conclude, the board of directors of the EBRD, a multilateral development bank owned by 72 governments, will vote on its new Energy Sector Strategy. This policy will guide the Bank’s energy investments until 2028.
Read moreNew elections in Poland offer one last chance to solve the Oder River catastrophe
Blog entry | 1 December, 2023The Oder River, which forms the border between Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, faced a severe environmental disaster in 2022. More than one year later, the river is in peril again. The decisions taken by the previous government have so far only exacerbated the situation. Now, a new government offers one last opportunity to show environmental stewardship and reverse the catastrophe.
Read moreEU’s massive loan for Split: showdown between tourist paradise and residents’ needs
Blog entry | 29 November, 2023This summer was hot in the Croatian city of Split. Adding to the rising temperatures and usual tourist buzz was a heated political debate over a EUR 150 million framework loan approved by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the biggest loan to date for Split.
Read moreAmidst the climate crisis, European Commission green-lights new fossil gas projects in Poland and Croatia
Press release | 22 November, 2023Poland and Croatia are set to receive EUR 1.2 billion in EU recovery funds to expand liquefied gas (LNG) terminals and build new pipelines.
Read moreWestern Balkans decarbonisation is urgent: but the EU enlargement package is still sending mixed signals
Blog entry | 10 November, 2023The European Commission’s annual reports on the Western Balkan countries’ EU accession progress vary considerably on decarbonisation, sending mixed messages on coal and especially gas. The EU needs to take a more consistent approach if the region is to achieve decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest.
Read more