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CEE Bankwatch : Serbia and BiH Lagging Behind the Rest of WB in Decarbonisation

June 9, 2020

New coal-fired power plants were on the table just two years ago in all Western Balkans countries with the exception of Albania. Now, however, only Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia “are clinging to coal, perpetuating air pollution and fuelling t


Novi zakoni o energetici : Zaustaviti štetočine

May 17, 2020

Više nacionalnih organizacija civilnog društva, podržanih od Svjetske  organizacije za zaštitu prirode (WWF), već dugo pozivaju Vladu da ukine podsticaje za proizvodnju energije u mHE. Novi  zakon o energetici prilika je za to


Romania’s NECP Fails to Provide Coal Phase-Out Date

February 19, 2020

Romania’s new national energy and climate plan (NECP) is sending incoherent signals regarding the country’s commitment for a just transition away from fossil fuels, states an analysis from the CEE Bankwatch Network. Source : Romania’s NECP Fails to Pro


North Macedonia’s Energy Strategy Unrealistic in Plans for Hydropower

December 9, 2019

Two out of three scenarios in North Macedonia’s draft Energy Strategy foresee a coal exit by 2025, which is excellent news in a country traditionally dominated by coal-fired electricity. However, the strategy’s plans for hydropower are unrealistic, sta


New opportunities for eastern Europe if the EU’s bank ramps up climate ambition and quits fossil fuels

June 13, 2019

Ahead of the European Investment Bank’s annual governors’ meeting, several EU’s finance ministers put forward a joint non-paper “Climate for the future of Europe” with an idea to transform the EIB: make green financing its top priority and promote investments in energy and climate transition. The right initiative risks failing if not supported by the majority of the bank’s shareholders, in particular by the eastern states that wrongfully fear that EIB’s increasing ambition in climate finance will unfavorably impact the bank’s presence in their countries.


EU leaders keep saying climate is a priority. Here’s something they can do

June 6, 2019

Fixing our climate is one of the biggest challenges our politicians will have to face in the years to come, and more and more of them are committing to making this a top political priority. Source: EU leaders keep saying climate is a priority. Here’s s


Zależy ci na klimacie? Zagłosuj w eurowyborach

May 23, 2019

Europejskie wybory będą kluczowymi w kontekście walki ze zmianami klimatu. Unijna polityka wobec globalnego ocieplenia na pewno stanie po nich o wiele bardziej radykalna niż dotychczas. Będzie musiał się do tego dostosować również Polski rząd. Mówi o t


Speaking to IFIs may be only way for environmental activists to convey message to right address

May 21, 2019

Ana Colovic Lesoska, executive director at the Center for environmental research and information Eko-svest from Skopje, is one of six winners of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize, a first for the prestigious award to go to North Macedonia.Source: Sp


Hamarosan lejár az időnk klímaügyben

April 19, 2019

Erről ad áttekintést az Európai Éghajlatvédelmi Akcióhálózat (Climate Action Network Europe, CAN Europe) ma reggel nyilvánosságra hozott elemzése az Európai Unió tagállamainak eddig elkészült Nemzeti Energia- és Klímaterveiről (NEKT).Source: Hamarosan


EAST EU STATES ‘MUST DECARBONISE FASTER’: BANKWATCH

March 22, 2019

Their plans meet the bare minimum and are riddled with contradictions and other design flaws, it says.


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