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Proposals for the next EU budget

Policy comments | 24 April, 2025 | Download PDF

Our current crises stem from the environmental and social injustices of past decades. It is therefore essential that we learn from current EU budget instruments to create a coherent, strategic, enforceable and accessible framework for the next EU budget.


The EBRD’s Green Economy Transition (GET) approach 2.1: What needs to be changed for the EBRD’s new green approach

Comments | 7 April, 2025 | Download PDF

These comments on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Green Economy Transition approach were provided to the in early April 2025, as input for the Bank’s review of how it labels its green spending.


Unprecedented Attacks on NGOs in the EU – We Call on All Democratic Forces To Act for a Strong and Independent Civil Society

Statement | 7 April, 2025 | Download PDF

At a time when democratic values are being eroded across the EU and Member States, and civic actors acting for these values are increasingly under attack, this renewed offensive on funding for CSOs and on our legitimacy in the democratic process risks not only shrinking European civic spaces further but weakening democracy as a whole.


Joint civil society statement: Urgent call on the IFC and the EBRD for remedy and accountability at Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan

Advocacy letter | 3 April, 2025 | Download PDF

89 civil society organizations signed a joint statement calling on the IFC and the EBRD to ensure remedy and accountability, for the severe and systemic violations at Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzbekistan.


Biodiversity funding in the EU’s next long-term budget: Opportunities and risks for national plans

Statement | 27 March, 2025 | Download PDF

This joint statement highlights the key opportunities and challenges for improving the design and deployment of biodiversity financing in the next EU budget, particularly if national plans are introduced.