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Reaching for a green recovery: what holds back progress in ten EU recovery and resilience plans

Report | 3 February, 2022 | Download PDF

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is intended to finance reforms and investments in Member States to rebound from the pandemic and pursue a green transition.


What you need to know about the Green City Action Plan but your municipality won’t tell you

Leaflet | 13 January, 2022 | Download PDF

A step-by-step guide on what the Green City Action Plan is, why citizen participation is important for improving the future of cities, and how residents can participate.


A Just Transition Fund for the Western Balkan countries

Report | 11 January, 2022 | Download PDF

The EU’s Just Transition Mechanism will mobilise more than EUR 100 billion in investments over the period from 2021 to 2027 to help countries shift their energy sources from fossil fuels to more sustainable ones. Part of this Mechanism is the Just Tran


Recommendations for inclusion of the Air Quality and National Emissions Ceilings Directives in the Energy Community Treaty

Briefing | 17 December, 2021 | Download PDF

This analysis examines the legal options for implementing the EU’s Air Quality and National Emissions Ceiling Directives into the Energy Community Treaty, so that air pollution from coal power plants, as well as from other power plants using fossil fue


Position Paper on the Serbia Solid Waste National Programme

Position Paper | 15 December, 2021 | Download PDF

This position paper, prepared by the CEE Bankwatch Network and based on research conducted by Springloop Cooperative, U.A. and Bankwatch member group CEKOR, Serbia, expresses concern about the Serbia Solid Waste National Programme, a multi-site EUR 150 million project co-financed 50:50 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the French Development Agency. The paper discusses the various risks associated with approving the project without first ensuring that detailed social and environmental assessments are carried out, and it calls on the Bank to condition the project on guarantees that the rights and livelihoods of the most vulnerable and marginalized affected people will be protected.