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Home > Publications > Climate’s enfants terribles. How new Member States’ misguided use of EU funds is holding back Europe’s clean energy transition

Climate’s enfants terribles. How new Member States’ misguided use of EU funds is holding back Europe’s clean energy transition

Climate’s enfants terribles. How new Member States’ misguided use of EU funds is holding back Europe’s clean energy transition

Study    |    26 January 2016

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This report published by Bankwatch and Friends of the Earth Europe shows how bad spending plans and a lack of climate commitments from nine central and eastern European governments is hampering Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels.

The research reveals that in CEE countries only 7 per cent of the 178 billion euros in European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds will be invested into renewables, energy efficiency and smart grids, and that the integration of climate considerations into all plans and projects – as required under EU law – remains superficial.

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POLAND | CEZCH REPUBLIC | LATVIA | ESTONIA | HUNGARY | SLOVAKIA | ROMANIA | CROATIA | LITHUANIA

 

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Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate | Transport | Resource efficiency

Location: Czech Republic | Estonia | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Poland | Croatia | Slovakia | Romania

Tags: Cohesion Policy | EU funds | Regional

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