Georgia’s precious Khada Valley at risk due to a new road to Russia
September 18, 2020
Scientists, civil activists and the local community unite and call on Europeans to join the petition to save the exceptional biodiversity and precious cultural heritage in Khada.
The never ending saga of the Nenskra HPP
September 17, 2020
The Nenskra HPP is one of 35 hydropower plants slated for development in Upper Svaneti, a region roughly one-and-a-half times the size of Luxembourg.
Georgia’s billion dollar dam violates international standards
September 9, 2020
Significant failures were found in the project’s compliance with the environmental and social policies of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
EBRD’s Green Economy Transition must not be a fig leaf for fossil fuels investments
June 16, 2020
Like many other financial institutions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has responded to the call to join the global effort to tackle the climate crisis. And yet, over the past decade, while growing its support for renewable energy, the bank has continued to hand out public money to the fossil fuels industry.
EBRD Fossil Fuel Investments Undermine Progress on the Green Economy Transition
June 3, 2020
This briefing analyses the EBRD’s energy investments from 2010-2019.
CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft GET 2.0
June 3, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft of the Green Economy Transition 2.0
Change for good: why we need fair, just supply chains
April 27, 2020
Uncertainty and crisis are not uncommon to global supply chains. The present disruption sheds light on the unsustainability of production and logistics and is an opportunity for economic players like the international financial institutions to rethink the way supply chains benefit those at every stage.
Ukrainian activists taken to court by longstanding EBRD client after sounding the alarm on impacts of planned wood processing factory
April 7, 2020
Activists from the environmental NGO Ecoclub from Rivne, Ukraine are facing defamation charges after they raised warnings about a planned wood processing facility near the city. The group alerted the public to a host of potential negative environmental impacts the facility might have, which has started construction in the village of Horodok, in the Rivne region, in Ukraine’s northwest.
Annyira lemaradunk, hogy még Koszovó is elmegy mellettünk
December 18, 2019
Az évtizedekig csak a szénre épített dél-balkáni áramtermelésben sürgősen korszakot kell váltani. Ehhez most Koszovóban egy nagy projekt felét az Európai Újjáépítési és Fejlesztési Bank (EBRD) vállalta magára.Annyira lemaradunk, hogy még Koszovó is elm
A walk on the wild side
November 18, 2019
The EBRD-financed Green Boulevard project in Belgrade, Serbia, has long attracted criticism from groups like Streets for Cyclists, who have pointed out that it will include no cycling lanes, and will slow down public transport by letting cars drive on the tram tracks. But now it is under construction, a whole new slew of problems have come up.
