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Complaint to the EIB regarding the S-7 expressway in Poland

Official document | 15 September, 2014 | Download PDF

The complaint details the problems with the S-7 expressway project in Poland. It was prepared by the Polish association “Pracownia na Rzecz Wszystkich Istot – Workshop for All Beings”.


A road to nowhere – the shortcomings of the S-7 expressway in Poland

Briefing | 15 September, 2014 | Download PDF

The controversies around the „Skarzysko-Polnoc” junction compound to create a hotspot for the different issues related to road investments in Poland. The planned section threatens the valuable natural environment, and the project is lagging due to legal and procedural inadequacies in the decision-making process.


Green 10 letter to President Juncker protesting the slidelining of environment in the new European Commission

Advocacy letter | 11 September, 2014 | Download PDF

In the letter, the ten leading environmental organisations in Europe express their grave concerns over the direction the EU seems to be taking with the new Commission. The structure of the new Commission, the mission letters, and the choice of Commissioners all reveal a serious downgrading of environment and a roll back of EU commitments to sustainable development, resource efficiency, air quality, biodiversity protection and climate action.


Bankwatch Mail 60

Bankwatch Mail | 8 August, 2014 | Download PDF

In Bankwatch Mail 60 we take a look at how the new Member States spending plans for EU funds are shaping up. Besides some signs of hope, we find still a notable lack of long-term sustainable strategies of central and eastern European countries. And while former British prime minister Tony Blair’s new advisory role for a consortium led by oil and gas giant BP is drawing criticism, the European Investment Bank has a real chance to champion EU climate policy – if it follows a few sensible suggestions.


Green spending shoots in eastern EU at risk of being crushed

Bankwatch Mail | 8 August, 2014 | Download PDF

EU member states and the European Commission, after what has felt like a marathon two-year process, are now engaged in finalising agreements on the EU’s Structural and Cohesion Funds (ESIF) investment strategies and spending plans for the 2014 -2020 EU budget period. Where the 11 ‘new’ member states of central and eastern Europe (CEE) are concerned, their approach to economic and societal development via the EU funds is proving to be a double-edged sword: while their spending plans for climate action is set to increase ten-fold in comparison to the 2007-2013 period, and the ‘greenest Cohesion Policy legislation ever’ prevents them from committing major environmental crimes, a reasonable long-term investment strategy, and financing, to achieve the decarbonisation of these economies by 2050 is noticeably lacking.