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Dead end ahead: How gas plans are distracting the Western Balkans from the energy transition


This briefing provides an update on gas build-out plans in the Western Balkans since March 2023 and finds that they have remained remarkably steady in the last two years, despite increasing risks and financing challenges.

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30 May 2025
The role of stakeholder engagement in the EBRD’s impact monitoring and reporting

This report examines the EBRD’s policies and practices related to stakeholder engagement and its monitoring and reporting at the project, country, and institutional levels. It identifies gaps in transparency at the project level, consultations on country strategies, and inst…

29 May 2025
The EBRD’s climate contradiction: Syrdarya fossil-gas plant locks Uzbekistan into Russian energy dependence

The USD 200 million investment in the 1,500-megawatt combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan exposes significant contradictions between the EBRD’s stated commitments and its actual financing decisions. 

28 May 2025
Joint NGO statement on the future of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) in the post-2027 EU budget

This joint statement signed by 68 civil society organisations calls on the EU to ensure dedicated funds for environmental protection and just transition of coal-dependent regions in the Western Balkans

27 May 2025
Strengthening Ukraine’s wind projects: Insights from the Galnaftogaz experience

Despite critical procedural and technical issues, the Galnaftogaz wind project in Ukraine, backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is underway.

26 May 2025
Rethinking urban mobility: Why green vehicles are no fix for broken transport systems

The EBRD’s new Infrastructure Sector Strategy represents a significant step towards sustainable urban transport investments. However, it remains to be seen whether the implementation of the strategy will strike the much-needed balance between infrastructure investments and p…

26 May 2025
GET greener: Strengthening the EBRD’s Green Economy Transition approach

The EBRD’s review of its GET approach should help to build an increased consensus on what investments can be considered ‘green’. This issue paper presents the key points from our extensive comments submitted to the EBRD in early April 2025.

16 May 2025
CEE Bankwatch Network submissions to the 2nd PCI/PMI list consultation

The European Commission published the 2nd PCI/PMI candidate list of hydrogen infrastructure projects in November 2024. The public consultations were carried out from February to April in 2025, with the list of confirmed projects expected in November 2025. We reviewed 12 cand…

14 May 2025
District heating projects financed by the EBRD in Ukraine

This briefing examines EBRD-financed district heating projects in Western Ukraine, particularly in Ternopil and Lutsk.

14 May 2025
Beyond mainstreaming: Advancing gender impact in the EBRD’s new Gender and Inclusion Strategy

This issue paper presents three case studies from which the Bank could learn while revising its gender and inclusion strategy.

9 May 2025
On the Mid-Term Review Proposal for Amendments in the ERDF, CF and JTF regulations

This letter includes comments on the changes in the European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund regulations related to the mid-term review

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8 May 2025
Letter to EC President Von der Leyen calling to uphold climate, nature and public health priorities in the next EU budget

Letter to EC President Von der Leyen calling to uphold climate, nature and public health priorities in the next EU budget.

8 May 2025
Keeping the flame alive with emission revenues: How the EU Modernisation Fund props up fossil gas and waste incineration

In operation since 2021, the Modernisation Fund was designed to channel EU emission trading revenues into investments in the energy transition in 13 lower-income Member States.

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