Comply or Close 2020
June 23, 2020
In 2016 alone, roughly 3900 people in the region and in neighbouring countries are estimated to have died as a result of chronic pollution from all existing coal plants. This report is an update of an analysis released by Bankwatch late last year, now including 2019 data.
Two-speed energy transition in the Western Balkans
June 4, 2020
Two-speed energy transition in the Western Balkans
EBRD Fossil Fuel Investments Undermine Progress on the Green Economy Transition
June 3, 2020
This briefing analyses the EBRD’s energy investments from 2010-2019.
CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft GET 2.0
June 3, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft of the Green Economy Transition 2.0
The EBRD and EIB’s Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure Investments in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood
May 26, 2020
From October to December 2019, Bankwatch conducted research on CSOs’ perceptions of the impact of EBRD and EIB investments in municipal infrastructure on local communities in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood.
The Road Less Travelled: How the European Investment Bank’s Climate Roadmap 2021-2025 can lead it to become the climate bank
May 20, 2020
This report summarises the EIB’s undertakings on the road towards becoming the EU’s Climate Bank. It presents our findings on the implementation of the EIB’s 2015 Climate Strategy and looks at the results of the Bank’s climate action in the EU and enlargement countries. It also puts forward recommendations to the Bank.
Statement on the EIB Group‘s response to economic consequence of COVID-19, May 2020
May 19, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network’s statement on the EIB Group‘s response to economic consequence of COVID-19.
Position on the revision of the Bulgarian ‘National strategy for development of the mining industry’
May 11, 2020
Bulgaria’s National strategy for development of the mining industry (the ‘Mining Strategy’), adopted in 2015, describes the mining sector as a defining structural feature of the country’s economy. The Strategy also states that Bulgaria has considerable
EBRD’s potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response
May 7, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network’s letter to the EBRD for its potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response.
Public consultation on proposed PECI and PMI projects
April 30, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network input to the Energy Community PECIs and PMIs consultation 2020.
