Bankwatch in the media | July 8, 2013
Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has called for development banks with a combined annual lending pot of €130 billion to end support for fossil fuels in their energy lending policy reviews.
Bankwatch in the media | July 22, 2013
With the EIB set to approve a new energy lending policy and the EBRD presenting its new energy strategy, the timely signal sent by the World Bank on the need to quit coal can factor importantly in discussions taking place right now at the European public banks, writes Kuba Gogolewski.
Blog entry | August 10, 2018
Процесс урегулирования споров может стать ценной возможностью для разрешения существующих проблем как для компании, так и для общины, пострадавшей от ее деятельности, если обе стороны сядут за стол переговоров с намерением провести содержательный диалог.
Event | November 3, 2019
Member State-backed loans lack transparency. EU legislation requires states to report to the European Parliament to review the compliance of export credit agency (ECA) activities with Union objectives and obligations, including on climate and human rig
Event | May 3, 2023
On 3 May Counter Balance and several members and partners of their network participated in a meeting with a significant number of staff of the EIBs Complaints mechanism of the European Investment Bank at their office in Luxembourg.
Bankwatch in the media | February 7, 2011
EU funding for a controversial coal-powered energy plant in Slovenia has reignited debate over the EU’s Emission Trading System (ETS), with environmental activists saying the case represents an extreme case of EU policy conflict.
Bankwatch in the media | February 11, 2011
As tensions are flaring up in EU’s southern neighbourhood and the dealings with eastern petro-states are politically embarassing, the 27-strong bloc is looking for inspiration in the Scandinavian energy market and considering a north-south gas corridor.
Bankwatch in the media | April 19, 2011
Twenty years on from its creation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) may think it is time to reconsider, or at least extend, its remit.
Bankwatch in the media | May 29, 2011
Although press coverage of events in Egypt may have dropped off the front pages, discussion of the post-Mubarak period continues to dominate the financial news. Over the past few weeks, the economic direction of the interim Egyptian government has been the object of intense debate in the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Bankwatch in the media | June 30, 2011
Environmental policy and climate change action will be “mainstreamed” into all areas of the EU budget from 2014, the European Commission announced late on Wednesday night, with climate-related expenditure making up at least 20% of EU financing.
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