The EBRD and EIB’s Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure Investments in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood
May 26, 2020
From October to December 2019, Bankwatch conducted research on CSOs’ perceptions of the impact of EBRD and EIB investments in municipal infrastructure on local communities in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood.
Kültürel miras kömür madenlerinin kuşatması altında
May 22, 2020
Avrupa Çevre Bürosu tarafından yayınlanan makalede kömür madenlerinin kültürel mirasa etkisi Sırbistan ve Almanya’nın yanı sıra Türkiye’den Muğla ve Konya örnekleriyle açıklanıyor.
The Road Less Travelled: How the European Investment Bank’s Climate Roadmap 2021-2025 can lead it to become the climate bank
May 20, 2020
This report summarises the EIB’s undertakings on the road towards becoming the EU’s Climate Bank. It presents our findings on the implementation of the EIB’s 2015 Climate Strategy and looks at the results of the Bank’s climate action in the EU and enlargement countries. It also puts forward recommendations to the Bank.
Statement on the EIB Group‘s response to economic consequence of COVID-19, May 2020
May 19, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network’s statement on the EIB Group‘s response to economic consequence of COVID-19.
Drina hydropower plants’ impact on Montenegro cannot be ignored
May 18, 2020
Non-governmental organisations from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro on Friday submitted a complaint to the Espoo Convention on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s failure to carry out a transboundary environmental impact assessment for a series of dams planned near the Montenegrin border.
Development Finance for Covid-19 Crisis Should Uphold Human Rights
May 18, 2020
Global Coalition Calls for Essential Services, Economic Justice, Protection for Vulnerable Communities and the Environment
Montenegro must stop incentivising the destruction of its precious rivers
May 8, 2020
In recent years Montenegro was forced to stop granting incentives for renewable energy projects due to public outcry about small hydropower decimating several small rivers and enriching businesses close to the ruling party. Now a new draft Law on Energy looks set to relaunch the incentives scheme. Why haven’t lessons been learned?
EBRD’s potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response
May 7, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network’s letter to the EBRD for its potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response.
A herd of white elephants is approaching the EU’s neighbours
April 30, 2020
Over three quarters of the energy projects proposed by the EU’s neighbours for priority status, including privileged access to public funds, are fossil fuels projects.
Change for good: why we need fair, just supply chains
April 27, 2020
Uncertainty and crisis are not uncommon to global supply chains. The present disruption sheds light on the unsustainability of production and logistics and is an opportunity for economic players like the international financial institutions to rethink the way supply chains benefit those at every stage.
