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Chinese-financed coal projects in Southeast Europe

Briefing | 8 April, 2019 | Download PDF

EU member states Romania and Greece, as well as several EU enlargement countries in the Western Balkans, plan to build new lignite power plants. The Balkan coal plans starkly conflict with the Paris Agreement’s aim of limiting climate change to 1.5°C b


Letter to EBRD president Suma Chakrabarti

Advocacy letter | 3 April, 2019 | Download PDF

CEE Bankwatch Network, Arab Watch Coalition and the International Accountability Project call to the EBRD President, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, to ensure a people-centered Access to Information Policy. Communities, individuals, and civil society have the ri


Slovak aspects of the EIB Energy Lending Policy

Policy comments | 31 March, 2019 | Download PDF

One of the biggest challenges in Slovakia is to ensure systematic support for the development of decentralised, non-fossil and sustainable energy system. The European Investment Bank (EIB) already invested far too much into fossil gas (77 per cent of a


A review of EIB’s Energy Lending Criteria

Policy comments | 28 March, 2019 | Download PDF

The review of Energy Lending Criteria gives the bank the opportunity to align its energy financing with the Paris Agreement and catch up with the rapid developments in the clean energy sector, in order to provide the necessary financial boost for the d


Comments on the EBRD draft Accountability Policy

Policy comments | 27 March, 2019 | Download PDF

The draft Accountability Policy of the EBRD proposes a substantial and welcomed restructuring of the mechanism and improves on many of the issues of independence and predictability that hindered the PCM. However, the draft Policy does not yet rectify a