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Joint NGO proposals on the GAWB Action Plan: Part 3 – governance, monitoring, reporting and other mechanisms to support the implementation of the Sofia Declaration

Briefing | 1 October, 2024 | Download PDF

This paper, developed by a group of NGOs led by Bankwatch, provides suggestions to improve the Green Agenda’s governance, monitoring and reporting.


Repower the regions: How to make a heating and cooling plan for municipalities. A methodology for creating a sustainable and just plan for district heating decarbonisation

Report | 27 September, 2024 | Download PDF

The methodology proposed in this study for local heating and cooling planning at the local level is supplemented by a set of specific legislative and regulatory recommendations at the state level.


How to advance a just transition in the Western Balkans: Recommendations for the EU and national institutions

Briefing | 27 September, 2024 | Download PDF

This briefing takes stock of the current situation with the decarbonisation of the Western Balkans’s economy and summarises the progress on just transition in each country.


Keeping the promise: Why the Just Transition Fund must be maintained in the next EU budget

Joint statement | 18 September, 2024 | Download PDF

This joint statement lays out why the Just Transition Fund should be extended into the next EU budget, and offers recommendations to guide further improvements within the next programming period to deliver results that contribute to both EU cohesion and climate neutrality.


Comply or Close 2024: six years of deadly legal breaches by Western Balkan coal plants

Report | 17 September, 2024 | Download PDF

The end of 2023 marked six years since the deadline passed for power plants in the Western Balkans to meet new air pollution standards. Yet the deadly air pollution from the region’s mostly antiquated coal power plants has hardly decreased at all since 2018.