Publications

This Green 10 letter highlights some controversial aspects of Commission President-elect Juncker’s new cabinet appointments, including the inclusion of sustainability within the competency of Commissioner Timmermans.

Letter to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 17 October 2014 – Download as pdf Letter to the European Investment Bank, 31 October 2014 – Download as pdf

This Green 10 letter highlights some controversial aspects of Commission President-elect Juncker’s new cabinet appointments, including the inclusion of sustainability within the competency of Commissioner Timmermans.

This scientific analysis by NGO Center for Environment shows that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the planned Ugljevik III lignite power plant near Bjeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina contains data on the plant’s SO2, NOx and dust emissions which is demons…

The Western Balkans countries are aspiring to become members of the European Union. At the same time, Western Balkans governments plan to build 6195 MW of new coal/lignite plants by 2020. But the energy infrastructure they build today will still be operating by 2050, therefo…

The Bosnian NGO Center for Environment developed this position on the possibilities for investments in resource efficiency projects in the country.

A position paper on the possibilities for investments in resource efficiency projects in Serbia by the Serbian Bankwatch member group Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEKOR).

The consortium that has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the controversial Plomin C 500 MW coal power plant project in Croatia consists of the two companies Marubeni and Alstom. Both have been involved in corruption scandals recently that led to sanctions from financi…

A compilation of 4 case studies as a result of internships carried out in Visegrad countries – Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia – by Bankwatch member and partner organisations CEKOR (Serbia), Center for Environment (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and EDEN Center (Albania).

The study, based on a field trip to two coal power plants and communities in Western Ukraine, highlights some of the pollution challenges of energy generation from coal in Ukraine, explains the urgent need for reform in Ukraine’s energy sector and the opportunities that the…

The complaint details the problems with the S-7 expressway project in Poland. It was prepared by the Polish association “Pracownia na Rzecz Wszystkich Istot – Workshop for All Beings”.

The controversies around the „Skarzysko-Polnoc” junction compound to create a hotspot for the different issues related to road investments in Poland. The planned section threatens the valuable natural environment, and the project is lagging due to legal and procedural inadeq…