Publications

The inclusion of electricity in the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has raised questions about CBAM’s impacts on EU-Western Balkans market integration.

We welcome the EU’s continued commitment to supporting Ukraine and meeting its financial requirements through existing financial mechanisms and the additional EUR 90 billion Ukraine Support Loan, which will cover Ukraine’s budgetary needs and ensure investment in the defence…

In April 2021, a pilot waste separation scheme was launched in Berat, a historic city in the south-central region of Albania. This initiative is Albania’s first comprehensive urban waste separation project, providing valuable lessons and acting as a crucial test of EU-aligne…

This briefing analyses the next EU budget proposal from a just transition perspective.

This briefing sets out how EU funds can be designed to deliver better outcomes, stronger accountability, and long-term social and economic value, in line with the EU’s legal obligations and strategic priorities.

This report investigates the main objectives and instruments of this new policy shift and how it affects the EU’s just transition regions.

For the Western Balkan countries to speed up their energy transformation, it is crucial to improve their transmission grids.

Across nine countries in central and eastern Europe, citizens’ forums have been tested as practical tools for involving local voices in decisions regarding decarbonisation

The Single Project Pipeline is a core instrument of the national public investment management system, focused on specific investment projects and programmes tied to particular sectors and territories.

In this letter environmental NGOs are urging the Commission to refrain from reopening or amending the Water Framework Directive.

This briefing provides information to national authorities on how they can best use current and future EU funds to finance their restoration plans.

The 53 organisations call on the European Commission and Member States to ensure transparent, structured, and inclusive National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs).