Publication search results

Letter to the European Commission and the EIB regarding the EFSI investment fund

Advocacy letter | 16 December, 2014 | Download PDF

This letter, sent by a group of NGOs from the Green 10 and Counter Balance coalitions, calls on the Juncker Commission and the European Investment Bank to apply principles of transparency and sustainability for the EUR 315 billion investment package.

---

Complaint against Bosnia and Herzegovina for failure to comply with Energy Community law

Official document | 16 December, 2014 | Download PDF

In the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, approximately 150 km east of Banja Luka, Comsar Energy Republika Srpska (CERS) is planning to build the 2×300 MW Ugljevik 3 lignite fired power plant. This complaint outlines aspects of the Energy Community law that the plant would breach if constructed.

---

Critical economic analysis of the Tuzla thermal power plant unit 7 project

Briefing | 16 December, 2014 | Download PDF

The public company Elektroprivreda BiH is developing a project for the construction of unit 7 at the Tuzla lignite-fired power plant. The key financial indicators presented in JP Elektroprivrede BiH’s document have been derived in an unclear manner, but even with these figures it is clear that the project is poorly grounded. This creates potential threats to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s public budget since the project will likely receive state support.

---

New money, old ideas – How EU spending plans for central and eastern Europe are selling short a greener future

Study | 11 December, 2014 | Download PDF

This comprehensive analysis of draft government spending plans for the allocation of EU budget money shows that central and Eastern European countries are planning to use unacceptable amounts of their €350 billion allocation on dirty energy projects, polluting forms of transport and incinerators. The study was published by CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe. See also this interactive visualisation of the spending plans.

---

Eight things to give the EIB’s forthcoming climate policy meaning, purpose and ambition

Briefing | 10 December, 2014 | Download PDF

With climate protection set to be a high priority for the EU in the next five years and beyond, the EIB needs to streamline climate considerations across its lending to different sectors and in different regions as quickly as possible. Such a policy needs to deliver on multiple objectives, with the combating of climate change and the promotion of sustainability absolutely central to these.

---