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CSOs deliver over 16 000 signatures for a cleaner energy future in Tirana

October 16, 2015

Tirana, Albania - A group of CSOs from South East Europe (SEE) delivered over 16 000 petition signatures to Miguel Arias Cañete, EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action and Co-Chair of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community today before its meeting in Tirana, Albania.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, Energy Community, petition, renewables, Balkans

Joint reaction on the Energy Community's Roadmap from CEE Bankwatch Network and Climate Action Network Europe

October 16, 2015

On Friday 16th October the Ministerial Council meeting in Tirana adopted a Roadmap on the future of the Energy Community.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, Energy Community, Balkans, EU neighbourhood

Credit Agricole ne želi financirati TE Plomin C

September 30, 2015

Source: , energetika-net

Marubenijev financijski savjetnik neće financirati TE na ugljen u bogatijim zemljama

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, Crédit Agricole, Plomin, Balkans, EU

Major blow for Croatian coal plant as Crédit Agricole announces new coal power policy

September 30, 2015

Paris, France - Today's publication of new criteria for coal-fired power plant financing by French bank Crédit Agricole suggests that the bank will not be able to finance the controversial €800 million Plomin C coal power plant in Croatia, believe campaign groups. The policy now rules out finance for coal power plants in high-income countries, which includes Croatia.

Institution: Commercial banks

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, Crédit Agricole, divestment, Plomin, Balkans, EU

Southeast Europe must close the gap on energy efficiency, says new report

September 29, 2015

Brussels, Belgium / Podgorica, Montenegro - Countries of Southeast Europe (SEE) waste much more energy than the members of the European Union, according to a new report Energy Efficiency – Just Do It! published today by a group of civil society organizations from across the region.

Theme: Energy & climate, Resource efficiency

Tags: energy efficiency, Balkans, EU neighbourhood

Energy Efficiency - Just Do It! Act now for warmer homes, local jobs and cleaner air!

Study   |   September 29, 2015

This report explains the importance of the EU's Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and argues why it must have the strongest objectives and targets as possible for SEE countries.

Theme: Energy & climate, Resource efficiency

When environmental improvement becomes resettlement - lessons from Serbia's Kolubara mine

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European financial institutions and Serbian authorities have failed to address the human impacts of resettlement in Serbia's lignite mining fields, a new study shows.

Tags: coal  EPS  lignite  mining  resettlement  Balkans  EU neighbourhood 

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

A clear and present danger - How financial institutions and authorities have failed to address the human impacts of resettlement in Serbia's lignite mining fields

Study   |   September 25, 2015

This study shows how the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has failed to enforce several of its basic principles on involuntary resettlement in the Kolubara Mining Basin, one of the largest sources of lignite in Europe, where mining has continued for over fifty years.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

Slovenia and the Energy Union: clash in priorities, renewables as collateral damage

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A leaked document, published here for the first time, that outlines the Slovenian government’s priorities for the EU’s Energy Union reveals a potential conflict with what the European Commission has on offer. Yet, neither promises ambitious strides towards more renewables.

Tags: Bankwatch  climate action  EBRD  EIB  energy efficiency  Energy Union  Maroš Šefčovič  nuclear  Slovenia  Sostanj  Southern Gas Corridor  Balkans  EU 

Institution: EU Funds, EBRD, EIB

Theme: Energy & climate

U Parizu prosvjed zbog Plomina C

September 11, 2015

Source: unknown author, Glas Istre

Prosvjedna okupljanja protiv izgradnje TE Plomin C održana su ovih dana u Parizu i Zagrebu. Njihov cilj bio je prisiliti veliku francusku banku Crédit Agricole da se povuče iz ovog projekta. Ta je banka, inače, izabrana za financijskog savjetnika japanske tvrtke Marubeni u poslu oko izgradnje novog bloka plominske termoelektrane.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, Crédit Agricole, Plomin, Balkans, EU

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