Hydropower impact on the dniester river streamflow
February 9, 2021
AbstractnAn assessment of the Dniester Hydropower Complex (DHPC) impacts on this river streamflow is presented. The study was based on a …
Еко-Свест: За педесет години во земјава ќе настане суша потребно е итно делување за влијанието од климатските промени
February 4, 2021
Поради климатските промени, сите земји што и се потписнички на Парискиот договор, се обврзани да работат кон тоа да глобалната температура …
A letter to the EBRD on Green Cities
February 3, 2021
Bankwatch and six of our NGO partners jointly drafted a letter and shared it with EBRD outlining the issues attached to specific cases we are following, as well as our recommendations to help EBRD infrastructure funding serve the needs of the communities and the environment.
Bankwatch: Hydropower Subsidies Remain an Issue in Western Balkans
February 1, 2021
“Under the Energy Community Treaty, the Western Balkan countries must apply EU State aid rules in the energy sector, including the …
Serbia’s RES law needs prioritizing environmental and economic sustainability
January 29, 2021
Moving away from feed-in tariffs is a much needed move from both the environmental and financial point of view, as Serbia’s existing …
Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 29, 2021
The transport Corridor Vc is a motorway planned to run for 330 kilometers through Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various sections of this corridor are being financed by the EIB and the EBRD. This briefing provides an overview of the key issues identified by a Bankwatch fact finding mission to a section of the motorway project south of Mostar, including non-transparent decision making, a threat to the fragile balance of interests of different ethnic groups in this post-war community, illusory public consultations, and biodiversity at risk.
The public is still paying, hydropower operators are still profiting
January 27, 2021
More than a year after Bankwatch revealed the scale of hydropower subsidies in the Western Balkans, progress in eliminating environmentally harmful aid is still slow.
Renewable energy incentives in the Western Balkans
January 27, 2021
Progress towards compliance with EU state aid rules and preventing environmentally harmful subsidies.
Connecting or Dividing? The South Mostar section of Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 26, 2021
In the early 2000s, the Corridor Vc route south of Mostar was planned to run through the Neretva valley, but due to strong local opposition, in 2011 this was changed to a route on the nearby plateau. In 2015 and 2016, yet another decision was made to r
Tomanić (EFB): Neophodna regionalna solidarnost za ostvarenje prava na disanje
January 25, 2021
Zagadjen vazduh je problem celog Zapadnog Balkana, a za ostvarenje ljudskog prava na disanje neophodna je regionalna solidarnost, rekla …