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Guest post: A win for citizen activism after UNESCO asks Macedonia to stop all construction projects on Lake Ohrid

June 27, 2017

After a field visit to the Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, the UNESCO requested the Macedonian government to halt construction projects in the area, one of which is supported by the European Bank For Reconstruction and Development.


How Europe’s bank spends cash for climate undermines Paris commitments

May 22, 2017

An uneven investment strategy across the EU’s 28 Member States and a lack of added value by one of its main financial tools means that the EIB puts the EU at risk of not meeting its climate targets under the Paris Agreement, according to a new briefing from Counter Balance and CEE Bankwatch Network.


EU funds spending plans in Estonia: The long and rocky path away from shale oil

February 1, 2016

While Estonia plans to use a large part of its EU funds investments for infrastructure projects in the public sector, there is no real political will to reduce the use of fossil fuels.


EU funds spending plans in Latvia: What’s hidden behind the ‘green veneer’?

January 29, 2016

The millions of EU Cohesion Policy money are choosing the ‘darker side’ of Latvia’s renewable energy sources.


What EU money can’t buy: Poland’s green energy transition just out of reach

January 26, 2016

Billions of euros of European funds will be invested in Poland between 2014 and 2020 under the heading of sustainable development and climate action. But without sound strategies and political will to decarbonise its economy, Europe’s biggest coal addict is set to waste the transformative potential of EU money – and Brussels is letting it happen.


Misuse of EU funds holds back Europe’s clean energy transition

January 26, 2016

The new member states from Central Europe misuse the EU funding aimed at decarbonising their energy systems.


NEW REPORT: Misguided spending by enfants terribles is undermining Europe’s transition to a fossil-free future

January 26, 2016

Brussels/Prague, 25 January 2016 – EU billions destined to transform the carbon-intensive, inefficient energy systems of central and eastern Europe are being misspent, finds a new report today by CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe. Bad spending plans and a lack of climate commitments from nine central and eastern European governments is hampering Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels, the groups say.


Another David vs. Goliath fight in Poland over road construction in Natura 2000 site

October 7, 2014

Road construction in Poland can be a cause for great controversy in Poland not least when incomprehensible roads designs clash with nature.


Of horses and roads – protests in Ukraine highlight lack of safety

September 11, 2013

Demonstrations in Kiev have shown that road safety is not only for cars but also pedestrians and other traffic participants – a lesson that the Ukrainian road company still needs to learn and that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should be teaching more actively.


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