The European Green and Biodiversity Workshop and Conference
April 14, 2023
The event was jointly organised by the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights’ Secretariat for Future Generations, the Department of Environmental Law and Competition Law of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and the National Society of Conservationists (MTVSZ).
Recovery and gas at full throttle
March 15, 2023
The webinar ‘Recovery and gas at full throttle’ was organised to reflect and debate on the REPowerEU plan that encourages Member States to add several new LNG terminals and pipelines, opening up the possibility of using various chapters of the European budget to finance them and allowing for a derogation from the ‘do no significant harm’ principle.
Want to advocate for the environment? It’s not as hard as it sounds!
March 3, 2023
At the beginning of 2023, Green Liberty announced 2023 as the Year for Environmental Advocacy in Latvia. 38 active people, emerging environmentalists and members of various organisations met in a full-day opening event on 3 March 2023 in Riga to explor
Recovery Fund: what investments to fight energy poverty?
February 27, 2023
Public investments proposed by governments should address energy poverty by ensuring affordable energy prices, energy efficiency improvements, energy savings and social inclusion. Are there good practices that manage to combine these dimensions? What investments do we need to respond to this urgency?
The new EU emergency regulation on renewables permitting
February 23, 2023
On 23 February participants from various environmental organisations joined the webinar organised by Bankwatch to discuss how to apply the EU’s new emergency regulation on renewables permitting without harming biodiversity.
Three days of advocacy meetings in Brussels with the European Commission
February 15, 2023
CEE Bankwatch Network organised a lobby week in Brussels from 15 to 17 February, where campaigners from five environmental organisations and five central and eastern European countries joined the plenary meeting of the European Community of Practice on Partnership (ECoPP), a platform launched by the European Commission in 2022.
What infrastructure for a just transition?
February 7, 2023
During this meeting, we will look at two major Italian infrastructure: the new breakwater in Genoa, funded by the Italian RRP, and the widening of the Bologna highway bypass, a public infrastructure presented as a symbol of ecological transition.
Citizens’ Observatory on Green Deal Financing Kick-off event
January 26, 2023
The Citizens’ Observatory on Green Deal Financing kick-off event took place on 23-26 January 2023 in Belgium, Brussels. The event was organised to bring together project partners and other organisations interested in working together on monitoring EU funds and advocating for more transparency and public participation in Member States. 35 participants from 16 countries attended the event.
Public discussion ‘Collapse is not apocalypse’
November 12, 2022
ODG organised a series of talks and sessions in connection with a reading group of the book ‘Collapse. Terminal capitalism, ecosocial transition and ecofascism’ by Carlos Taibo.
