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With the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) set to review its Energy Sector Strategy, a letter coordinated by the NGO Forum on ADB on behalf of more than 40 civil society groups asked for more information about the process and called for meaningful consultations.
The letter requests that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development not sign the loan agreement for the Corridor Vc motorway subsections Mostar North – Mostar South until additional biodiversity baseline studies for the subsection tunnel Kvanj – Buna and alternative route assessments are completed. The letter also presents the conclusions of the discrimination complaint filed by war returnees, as well as the ramifications for the Bank’s rules on vulnerable groups. It asserts that signing the loan for the subsection Mostar North and South should be delayed until additional biodiversity studies and careful consideration of route alternatives are completed, particularly since the Bank’s independent accountability mechanism is about to finalize its recommendations to management in the first half of 2022.
Towards a people-powered, green transformation in Almaty
February 16, 2022 | Read more
The EBRD must move away from its carbon tunnel vision and widen its perspective on all impacts of climate investments in cities
Last week the Republika Srpska parliament adopted a new law on renewable energy that will help to stem the ongoing boom of highly damaging small hydropower plants. This puts it ahead of many of the region’s governments in changing the rules on renewables support.
Cutting hydropower subsidies – how are the Western Balkans doing?
February 15, 2022 | Read more
The small hydropower boom, which has damaged pristine rivers and streams across the Western Balkans, has largely been fuelled by generous feed-in tariffs. In this briefing, we take a look at recent progress towards changing the rules on renewables support in the region.
