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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.


Status of the Territorial Just Transition Plans in central and eastern Europe: December 2021 update

Briefing | 13 December, 2021 | Download PDF

This briefing, the fifth in our series on the Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTPs), provides an overview of the general Territorial Just Transition Plan progress in seven CEE countries: Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slov


Uzbekistan’s Anti-Crisis Fund: Analysis of state procurement in 2020

Briefing | 29 November, 2021 | Download PDF

In March 2020, Uzbekistan established an Anti-Crisis Fund to help the state mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. It allocates international loans and state money to ‘finance measures to combat the spread of coronavirus infection, to support