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Sustainable renewables incentives – how are the Western Balkans doing?

Briefing | 29 June, 2023 | Download PDF

In the decade leading up to 2020, the Western Balkans’ energy transition got off to a poor start, with governments limiting wind and solar investments and instead incentivising a small hydropower boom, which has damaged pristine rivers and streams across the region.


Hydrogen in the EIB’s reviewed energy lending policy

Advocacy letter | 28 June, 2023 | Download PDF

As the EIB reviews its Energy Lending Policy, Bankwatch and 33 other civil society groups, sent a joint letter o EIB Vice Presidents, to voice our concern about the over-emphasis on hydrogen which risks, among others, diverting renewable energy capacity – existing and planned – from the electricity grid and into the production of hydrogen for sectors that might not be playing a significant role in the energy transition.


Comply or Close 2023: five years of deadly legal breaches by Western Balkan coal plants

Report | 28 June, 2023 | Download PDF

The end of 2022 marked five years since new air pollution standards entered into force in the Western Balkans on 1 January 2018. Yet the deadly air pollution from the region’s mostly antiquated coal power plants has hardly decreased at all. In fact, in 2022 it increased compared to 2021 for all three regulated pollutants


Agriculture: priorities for sustainable investments to aid Ukraine’s recovery

Issue paper | 20 June, 2023 | Download PDF

In this issue paper, we argue that the recovery of the agricultural sector should not solely focus on production growth goals but also prioritise the long-term sustainability of Ukraine as it progresses towards EU membership. 


No recovery without citizens: why public involvement is key to Europe’s green transformation

Report | 20 June, 2023 | Download PDF

The report has been written in the frame of the Citizens Observatory for Green Deal Financing project. It brings together the direct experience of nine different civil society organisations and includes seven individual case studies providing information from the ground.