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Letter: It’s time to stand firm and go Fossil Free

Advocacy letter | 7 October, 2019 | Download PDF

Bankwatch and over 70 other civil society groups have written to President of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer, members of the bank’s board of directors as well as the incoming President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and its


Why we need to MakeICT fair

Briefing | 1 October, 2019 | Download PDF

Smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices have become omnipresent in our society. With an expected annual growth of 9.6 % between 2017 and 2022, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries. While eve


Western Balkans hydropower: who pays, who profits?

Study | 25 September, 2019 | Download PDF

In the last decade, a wave of hydropower construction in the Western Balkans has caused ever-increasing public outcry. Large hydropower projects have long caused public resistance, but the mushrooming of smaller plants of less than 10 megawatts (MW) in


The transformation action plan for the Slovakia’s Upper Nitra coal region

Study | 24 September, 2019 | Download PDF

The aim of this study is to describe the process by which local communities participated in the Transformation Action Plan of Coal Region Upper Nitra and to propose concrete steps towards the better integration of the local communities in order to achi


Just transition in Hunedoara: economic diversification in a fair and sustainable manner

Study | 23 September, 2019 | Download PDF

NGOs Greenpeace and Bankwatch Romania launched a new report outlining scenarios for the post-coal development of Romania’s best known coal region, Jiu Valley, highlighting job growth and economic development without coal is very much possible in the re