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Is the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive delivering for countries in central and eastern Europe?

Booklet | 29 June, 2026 | Download PDF

This booklet examines the early impact of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) following the 29 May 2026 transposition deadline, drawing on insights from seven countries in central and eastern Europe.


Vinnytsia Poultry Farm: Agri-oligarchy and its impacts in Ukraine

Briefing | 25 June, 2026 | Download PDF

This briefing showcases the vast and sprawling Vinnytsia Poultry Farm and its impact on the lives of local villagers ever since construction began in 2010.


The Social Climate Fund and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle: Lessons for Ukraine’s public investment management system

Report | 24 June, 2026 | Download PDF

This briefing examines how Ukraine can strengthen the environmental safeguards in its public investment system by learning from the EU’s Social Climate Fund (SCF). It finds that Ukraine names the ‘do no significant harm’ principle in its public investm


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

Report | 23 June, 2026 | Download PDF

This report exposes the systematic, deadly breaches of air pollution limits by coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans – eight years after new pollution standards entered force. 


Towards a just transition in the national and regional partnership plans: Recommendations on regional chapters

Briefing | 12 June, 2026 | Download PDF

In the context of Europe reshaping its cohesion policy, this briefing explains why regional chapters in the post‑2028 funding framework must be mandatory, properly financed, and built on credible just transition plans. Without guaranteed regional ownership, targeted support, and strong technical capacity, the shift to a climate‑neutral economy risks deepening territorial divides, sidelining carbon‑intensive and peripheral regions, and slowing Europe’s competitiveness at a moment when no region can afford to fall behind.