Publications

The main aim of this report is to highlight the major issues faced by Polish local authorities and public transport operators that have adopted hydrogen-powered buses as part of their decarbonisation efforts

In the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the EU’s financial instrument for Ukraine must be improved by embedding binding climate and environmental safeguards from the outset and preserving funding for democracy, biodiversity and climate resilience.

While the proposed framework aims to simplify EU funding, its strong focus on consolidation, flexibility and centralised planning risks undermining core EU principles, including partnership, transparency, cohesion and environmental integrity.

This report explores the human and environmental rights impacts of this project, financed by Development Finance Institutions.

Bankwatch, together with the Community Empowerment and Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ) and the International Accountability Project, presents a case study on the Tanahu hydropower project in Nepal, in which the current EIB-CM has proven ineffective. The organisations also ma…

The East–West Highway and the North–South Corridor – two of Georgia’s most ambitious road projects supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) – have had devastating social, environmental and cultural impacts. 

Twenty-eight civil society organisations have issued a joint statement calling on the EBRD to strengthen its strategy. They urge the Bank to adopt a more ambitious, rights-based approach that tackles backlash and addresses structural inequalities to ensure inclusive and acco…

For the second time this decade, Europe is in an oil and gas crisis, once again highlighting the danger of dependence on imported fossil fuels. The diversification strategy promoted by the EU for decades has shown its limits, and the inherent vulnerability to market disrupti…

As Ukraine moves forward on its path towards EU integration and post-war recovery, the need to replace outdated waste disposal practices with modern, inclusive and financially sustainable systems is growing. This makes municipal waste management a key area of reform.

The following recommendations outline the steps required to advance the decarbonisation of district heating systems, enhance waste management practices and support the development of a truly circular economy.

This joint briefing prepared by 25 organisations offers traffic-light assessment of consultation practices in 17 Member States using criteria such as permanent dialogue forums, early and inclusive consultations, integration of feedback, stakeholder diversity, and transparenc…

We have joined 30 European non-governmental organisations in calling on the EU to tax excess oil profits to support Europeans during the energy crisis. The group represents more than 40 million citizens across more than 2,000 member organisations, all calling for the funds f…