Why can a third of European Investment Bank lending evade the Bank’s environmental and social rules?
September 21, 2021
The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) financial intermediaries (FIs) help the EIB to reach smaller clients than it would otherwise be able to finance. The EIB’s global lending via intermediaries amounted to EUR 22.6 billion in 2020. In the EU, credit li
A third of European Investment Bank lending evades environmental and social rules
September 21, 2021
More than a third of the European Investment Bank (EIB)’s EU lending is carried out via intermediaries. Yet most of this money disappears into a black hole, with no information published about the final beneficiaries and no checks by the EIB about their environmental and social impacts. The EIB’s new safeguard framework is supposed to address this, but the draft text leaves the Bank far behind its peers.
Air pollution from Balkan coal plants kills around 19,000 people, study finds
September 10, 2021
Around 19,000 people are estimated to have died over the past three years as a result of air pollution from Western Balkan coal-fired power …
Електраните на јаглен продолжуваат со екстремното загадување
September 10, 2021
Електраните на јаглен РЕК Битола и РЕК Осломеј во 2020 година загадувале со сулфур диоксид девет пати над дозволеното во земјава, а …
Duizenden overlijdens in EU door vuile centrales in de Balkan
September 9, 2021
Steenkoolcentrales in de Balkan houden zich niet aan de wettelijke limieten voor luchtvervuiling en hebben zo op drie jaar tijd 12.000 …
Zapadni Balkan mora da suzbije smrtonosno zagađenje
September 9, 2021
„EU mora da izvrši veći pritisak na zemlje Balkana da dekarbonizuju svoj energetski sistem na ugalj, jer nivo zagađenja ostaje znatno iznad …
Termoelektrane na zapadnom Balkanu odnose na tisuće života
September 9, 2021
Najveća kršenja zabilježena su u Srbiji čije su termoelektrane u 2020. emitirale više od od 333 tone SO2 što je premašilo količinu koju je …
Zbog zagađenja iz država zapadnog Balkana u tri godine umrlo 19.000 ljudi
September 9, 2021
TERMOELEKTRANE SIJU SMRT: ONEČIŠĆUJU DVA I POL PUTA VIŠE NEGO SVE IZ EU-A
W. Balkans coal plants’ SO2 emissions 2.5 times higher than EU peers’ total in 2020 – Bankwatch
September 9, 2021
The total sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions generated by coal-fired power plants in the Western …
Hiljade žrtava zbog termoelektrana i uglja
September 9, 2021
Termoelektrane na ugalj na području zapadnog Balkana i dalje ozbiljno ugrožavaju životnu sredini u zemljama regije, ali i Evropske …