Assessment of Latvia’s operational programme
December 7, 2022
This briefing offers an analysis of Latvia’s draft operational programme for 2021-2027 and recommendations regarding the potential for increasing the programme’s climate and environmental contributions. This publication was updated on 15 December 2022
Accelerating the deployment of sustainable solar
December 5, 2022
This joint statement by BirdLife International Europe and Central Asia, CEE Bankwatch Network, Climate Action Network Europe, the European Environmental Bureau, EuroNatur and SolarPower Europe lays out priorities for the current EU discussions to ensur
Energy crunch underlines the urgency of overhauling Romania’s energy plans
November 3, 2022
As delegates are heading to the annual UN climate conference, rising energy costs expose the precarity of relying on fossil gas. The Romanian government should replace its grand plans for new gas infrastructure projects — which it seeks to finance with EU public money – with an acceleration of the sustainable energy transition.
Narrow road ahead: the energy crisis in Kosovo in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
June 24, 2022
Kosovo, almost entirely reliant on coal for its energy, has nevertheless been hard-hit by the ongoing energy crisis. What steps should the country take to address this, and at the same time end its reliance on fossil fuels?
Watershed moment for EIB’s climate ambitions as EU rushes to quit Russian fossil fuels
June 16, 2022
More than ever before, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has to step up its climate finance game.
Assessment of the Estonian operational programme
March 2, 2022
This briefing offers an analysis of the Estonian operational programme and recommendations regarding the potential for increasing the programme’s climate contribution.
Fit for 55 Package: Speeding up Decarbonization
July 28, 2021
In the European Commission work programme for 2021, the revisions and initiatives linked to the European Green Deal climate actions and in …
Western Balkans coal plants pollute twice as much as those in the EU
July 15, 2021
North Macedonia is currently the only country in the Western Balkans to have confirmed that it will exit coal.nnA new report by the Centre …
Romania: Coal phase-out plan by 2032 not good enough
July 1, 2021
According to Bankwatch Romania, the country’s planned coal phase-out by 2032 is not enough for Romania to be able to reach its climate …
Lack of coal phase-out commitments in Eastern Europe jeopardises just transition
June 7, 2021
Unambitious coal phase-out policies in central and eastern Europe threaten the just transition in the region and the European Commission …
