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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.


Chinese-financed coal projects in Europe

Briefing | 10 December, 2019 | Download PDF

As coal phase-out is well underway in the European Union, and the international community is mobilizing to tackle the climate crisis, new coal plants are still planned and built in Southeast Europe, courtesy of Chinese financial support.


Comply or close: how Western Balkan coal plants breach air pollution laws and what governments must do about it

Study | 10 December, 2019 | Download PDF

In 2018, pollution control legislation under the Energy Community Treaty finally obliged the Western Balkan countries to start reducing the choking air pollution from their coal power plants. Action was badly needed. In 2016, these 16 plants emitted as