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Even with hard work, a just transition needs long-term support

August 8, 2024

The small town of Turceni in southwest Romania has long been a lignite stronghold. But its enormous coal power plant is gradually being closed. A team from Bankwatch recently visited and spoke to the deputy mayor about the town’s efforts to ensure a just transition.


From coal to clean energy: A Romanian initiative for sustainable employment

August 5, 2024

The transition to a low-carbon economic model is a radical paradigm shift that requires transformation at all levels, from individual behaviour to entire economic sectors. But it’s also an unprecedented opportunity to reinvent our relationship with the economy, one that respects nature and planetary boundaries.


The Romanian village of Buteni: A climate-neutral rural community in the making

June 17, 2024

Photovoltaic panels on government buildings and homes, upgrades to the electricity system, a scheme for geothermal district heating, and investments in modern education. These aren’t the initiatives of a bustling capital city, but the ambitious plans of a small village in western Romania.


The Modernisation Fund: An open door for fossil gas in Romania

March 26, 2024

The Modernisation Fund is supposed to channel revenues from the EU’s carbon market into the energy transition in central and eastern Europe. But it’s actually being used to further deepen the region’s dependence on fossil gas. 


Energy insecurity: EU funds for fossil gas in Poland and Romania contradict climate goals

June 6, 2023

This report reveals how much EU public money has been channelled toward the expansion of fossil gas infrastructure in Poland and Romania since 2014 as well as what plans these two countries have for using various EU funding sources to finance additional fossil gas projects in coming years.  


NGOs take Romania to court in the country’s first climate lawsuit

April 6, 2023

Declic – one of Romania’s most important NGOs – has filed the country’s first ever climate lawsuit for the government’s failure to take appropriate measures to reduce and mitigate the foreseeable risks posed by the climate crisis. Climate activists from Declic also asked the court to issue Romanian Prime Minister Nicoale Ciucă and the Ministers of Environment and Energy with fines for every day of inaction. The case alleges that Romanian officials have breached their legal duties to adopt and implement an energy transition strategy that aligns with the Paris Agreement, keeping the global average temperature below a 1.5°C increase.


Illiberalism alert: draft law to shut down civil society awaits vote in the Romanian senate

February 22, 2023

Under the absurd claim that the country doesn’t have enough motorways or hydropower generation capacity because of NGOs’ actions in court challenging environmental and construction permits, the Romanian parliament is going after civil society altogether and on multiple fronts.


Romania U-turns on decarbonisation to expand a lignite mine in Gorj and wipe out 106 hectares of forest

January 13, 2023

The Romanian government is again acting contrary to its EU commitments.


Romanian decision-makers try to misuse REPowerEU funds for illegal hydropower plants

November 30, 2022

This briefing describes how Romania’s Parliament and Government are again pushing to legalise illegal hydropower projects in protected areas using new opportunities for funding under the REPowerEU chapter of the EU recovery fund. It shows how a new dra


Romanian decision-makers attempt misuse of REPowerEU funds for illegal hydropower plants

November 30, 2022

Romania’s Government plans to use funds allocated under the REPowerEU package to build nine hydropower projects in protected natural areas, Bankwatch Romania has warned the European Commission today.


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