Public money vs. pristine rivers
October 21, 2021
As the EIB revises its Environmental and Social Standards, this report presents eight hydropower schemes in central and eastern Europe either financed or under consideration by the Bank. The projects – some financed directly and others via intermediari
The Western Balkans Green Agenda Action Plan: Quantity over quality
October 8, 2021
This week’s EU-Western Balkan summit in Slovenia in the end resulted in agreement on a long-awaited Action Plan for the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans. But the climate and environment emergencies will not be solved by ‘indicative timeframes’.
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Renewables incentives chaos finally confirmed by auditors
October 5, 2021
In late September the Office for Auditing Institutions in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed what everyone already knew: That the body responsible for renewable energy incentives has been out of control for years. The question is, what will be done about it?
FOTO: RiverWatch u posjeti Janjićima
September 30, 2021
Aktivisti i pravni eksperti iz austrijske organizacije RiverWatch, zajedno s aktivistima regionalnog saveza “Odbranimo r(ij)eke Balkana”, …
Why the climate blame game is causing a stink in southeast Europe
September 28, 2021
The tall smokestacks of factories oozing thick clouds of dark smoke are omnipresent in the landscapes of central, southern and eastern …
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 …
