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CBAM’s coming, it’s time to put a price on carbon!
June 15, 2022 | Read more
Electricity* traded between Western Balkan countries** and the EU will need to embed the cost of CO2 in its final price, potentially from as early as 2025.
This report seeks to inform important processes taking place at the EIB in 2022 and 2023, specifically the mid-term reviews of its Energy Policy and its Climate Roadmap.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has pumped billions of euros into polluting fossil fuel companies over the past two years despite talking up its climate credentials, new research by Counter Balance and CEE Bankwatch Network reveals.
On the (long) road to recovery: Poland’s plan greenlit
June 14, 2022 | Read more
Poland’s recovery plan has finally been endorsed by the Commission after over a year of negotiations. Despite multiple declarations from government officials that talks would finish quickly, the plan worth EUR 35 billion was put on hold for an extended period of time because of the Commission’s concerns about the rule of law in the country. Is Poland’s recovery plan a wasted opportunity? Not necessarily, but it is not a fully-used one, either.
27 representatives of Ukrainian and international NGOs sent an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission. In the letter, they call for the integration of accountability and transparency, wider participation in decision-making, and incorporation of the green principles within Ukraine’s reconstruction process.
