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Protests target European bank as it champions coal from the side lines of Warsaw climate conference
Press release | November 18, 2013

Warsaw – Actions are being organised today in several European capitals to protest the attendance of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the International Coal and Climate Summit, organised by the World Coal Association in parallel to the United Nation's climate conference in Poland.

EBRD
Energy & climate
coal, energypolicy
Protestors address coal lobby meeting at Warsaw climate talks: 'There is no such thing as clean coal'
Press release | November 18, 2013

WARSAW – People from around the world gathered today in front of Poland’s Ministry of Economy in protest of the World Coal Association’s International Coal and Climate Summit organised on the sidelines of the 19th UN climate change conference.

coal, EU
European banks slammed for backing coal industry
Bankwatch in the media | November 14, 2013

'Banking on Coal – Undermining our Climate' will be released on Friday during the UN Climate Summit at Warsaw

Two Polish private banks – Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and PKO Bank Polski – have been identified to be on the dirty list of banks that are heating up the globe, damaging the environment and hurting local communities, a new report says.

EIB
Energy & climate
banks, CEE, coal, EU
Cough4Coal: New campaign video sets the scene for climate negotiations in Poland
Blog entry | November 4, 2013

A promotional video for an upcoming climate protest in Warsaw draws attention to the negative influence that coal has on our health and that coal businesses will have on the global climate negotiations.

Energy & climate
CEE, climate action, coal, COP19, corporate influence, EU, Global South, health, Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Poland, Polish Government, Polska, protest, Warsaw
Turkey pushes dirty coal despite solar potential second only to Spain
Press release | November 4, 2013

Istanbul -- Following a fact finding mission to the Turkish Black Sea Coast, Bankwatch and Greenpeace Mediterranean publish a paper outlining some of the controversial aspects surrounding Turkish coal power plant plans in the Black Sea region.

EBRD
EIB
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
coal, EU neighbourhood, Turkey

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