EU funds and biodiversity
March 4, 2022
Nature is in crisis. 81 per cent of habitats in the EU are in ‘poor condition’, and without swift action this will only become worse. We need systemic and wide-reaching action and investments to tackle biodiversity loss and help restore nature before it is too late. The EU has pledged 120 billion of the EU budget to be earmarked for biodiversity by 2026, offering enormous potential to restore and protect nature, providing this is properly invested. We are therefore campaigning to ensure these public funds work for – not against – nature.
Male hidroelektrane – energetski potencijal ili ekološka opasnost?
February 21, 2022
Kakav vazduh udišemo, da li ugrožavamo biljni i životinjski svijet oko nas? Kakvu budućnost ostavljamo svojoj djeci? Pitanja su koja uvijek …
Open letter to the EBRD and JP Autoceste about the legality of the project-level Spatial Plan of 2017 for the Corridor Vc in the Hercegovina-Neretva Canton
February 21, 2022
The letter requests that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development not sign the loan agreement for the Corridor Vc motorway subsections Mostar North – Mostar South until additional biodiversity baseline studies for the subsection tunnel Kvanj – Buna and alternative route assessments are completed. The letter also presents the conclusions of the discrimination complaint filed by war returnees, as well as the ramifications for the Bank’s rules on vulnerable groups. It asserts that signing the loan for the subsection Mostar North and South should be delayed until additional biodiversity studies and careful consideration of route alternatives are completed, particularly since the Bank’s independent accountability mechanism is about to finalize its recommendations to management in the first half of 2022.
Ekolozi smatraju da je plan grijanja Pljevalja rađen potpuno pogrešno
February 18, 2022
Ines Mrdović iz Akcije za socijalnu pravdu ističe da su Pljevlja u proteklih nekoliko decenija stvorila potpunu ekonomsku zavisnost od …
Toplifikacija Pljevalja na ugalj odlaže razvoj sistema daljinskog grijanja na obnovljivim izvorima energije
February 17, 2022
CEE Bankwatch net i Akcija za socijalnu pravdu su danas upozorili da državni plan toplifikacije Pljevalja, baziran na uglju kao energentu, …
中國宣布退出海外煤電後 西巴爾幹半島憂喜參半
February 17, 2022
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Republika Srpska moves ahead of its neighbours in virtually halting hydropower subsidies for new plants
February 15, 2022
Last week the Republika Srpska parliament adopted a new law on renewable energy that will help to stem the ongoing boom of highly damaging small hydropower plants. This puts it ahead of many of the region’s governments in changing the rules on renewables support.
Cutting hydropower subsidies – how are the Western Balkans doing?
February 15, 2022
The small hydropower boom, which has damaged pristine rivers and streams across the Western Balkans, has largely been fuelled by generous feed-in tariffs. In this briefing, we take a look at recent progress towards changing the rules on renewables support in the region.
Implementation of the Air Quality Directive by Western Balkan countries – 2022 update
February 14, 2022
This briefing reviews the progress of five Western Balkan countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) on the transposition and implementation of the EU’s Air Quality Directive
Run over by a massive motorway project, Mostar residents demand to be heard
February 11, 2022
Mostar residents were never properly consulted about the proposed pan-European motorway that threatens their livelihoods and nature of the Neretva valley. After a recent win in a discriminatory lawsuit, they’re hoping that the controversial route around Mostar might finally be consulted with them and reconsidered.