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Gone with the Flow, A case study of biodiversity loss caused by Ilovac Hydropower plant, Croatia

Case Study | 2 April, 2020 | Download PDF

This case study aims to demonstrate that the EIB’s environmental and social (E&S) and transparency policies are insufficiently equipped to prevent the negative impacts of hydropower plants on sensitive ecosystems, in particular when the hydropower project (1) is financed via an intermediary bank and/or (2) is located outside of the EU.


Alarming levels of air pollution in settlements in coal regions are choking Central and Eastern Europe

Briefing | 4 March, 2020 | Download PDF

Bankwatch’s ongoing air pollution campaign added six more locations to its independent particulate matter monitoring to provide on-the-ground data from these major polluting locations.


Financing the low carbon transition in Romania

Study | 21 February, 2020 | Download PDF

Romania is the country in the South East European and Central East European with the best enabling conditions for the energy transition. Yet it continues to be one of the lignite intensive countries in the EU. Read our report to explore why on the European scale, Romanians still pay more than their European counterparts for the costs of this carbon intensive energy system.


Romania’s coal phase-out by 2030: an unreachable goal?

Briefing | 14 February, 2020 | Download PDF

National Energy and Climate Plan is a fundamental document that will define Romania’s ambitions in the field for the next decade. The recently published NECP is unambitious and it ignores Romania’s enormous potential for green economy transition and the European Green Deal.


Climate action at the European Investment Bank: an overview

Briefing | 13 December, 2019 | Download PDF

The EIB had already proclaimed itself the EU’s climate bank long before the vdLeyen EU Commission presented the idea of transforming a part of the Bank into Europe’s Climate Bank. It has been over a decade now since the EIB committed at least 25% of its finance to support the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy.