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All eyes on the EBRD - will it go coal free?
August 14, 2013

In case you missed it, the tectonic plates just shifted in the world of international financial institution (IFI) energy lending.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
climate, coal, EBRD, EIB, energy, subsidies
The EIB finally limits coal lending
August 1, 2013

For the last couple of years, we have been calling on the European Investment Bank to drop coal lending. Finally, we’re starting to see some results.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
analysis, coal, energy, energypolicy, EU, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, Global South, success
[Campaign update] EBRD not digging for truth at the Kolubara mine, Serbia
July 26, 2013

By putting too much trust in its client EPS, the EBRD failed to notice that an important grievance mechanism for villagers near the mine was not in place - for two years. [*]

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
Mining
accountability, Balkans, communities, EU neighbourhood, human rights, Kolubara, lignite, local impacts, mining, resettlement, transparency
PPPs "poor in practice" admits new EBRD-financed study
July 22, 2013

Despite collecting impressive evidence from 20 years of failed public-private partnerships in central and eastern Europe, an EBRD-financed study by the Economist Intelligence Unit concludes to continue using the controversial financing scheme.

EBRD
Transport
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, CEE, Croatia, D1, Hungary, PPP, public-private partnerships, study, Zagreb Arena
New facts are busting energy myths
July 18, 2013

Adequate decision making on energy policies must be based on accurate information and cannot rely on outdated knowledge and misconceptions. A new series of fact sheets explores the myths and facts of Europe’s energy sector.

EBRD
EIB
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
carbon trading, coal, crisis, decision making, energy, energy security, energypolicy, ETS, EU, EU, fossil fuels, nuclear, project bonds, renewables, shale gas
[Campaign update] Kolubara landslide: Images of devastation, people waiting for compensation
July 3, 2013

People in Junkovac (Serbia) are still waiting for information on how they will be compensated after a landslide connected to the Kolubara lignite mine has destroyed several houses and terrified the town one month ago.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Mining
Balkans, EBRD, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, Kolubara, landslide, lignite, local impacts, mining, resettlement, Serbia
A tale of neglect: Energy finance figures from the Western Balkans
June 25, 2013

The neglect by international financial institutions of the Western Balkans sustainable energy potential will cost the region's public heavily for years to come. Figures collected in a new study illustrate how the different international lenders perform in the region.

EU Funds
EBRD
EIB
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Balkans, chart, EBRD, EIB, energy, energypolicy, EU, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, hydropower, IPA funds, lending figures, renewables, SEE, south-eastern Europe, study, World Bank
Little impact of EU aid for Egypt - Ongoing abuses and Brussels scrutiny puts EBRD's best laid plans in question
June 24, 2013

How is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development able to justify a brand new host country agreement with Egypt, given the abuses still being endured in Egypt and the failure of one billion euros of EU money to improve the economic and human rights situation there?

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
aid, development, EBRD, Egypt, energy, EU neighbourhood, financial intermediaries, human rights, Mursi, oil, Southern Mediterranean, tax havens
[Campaign update] Plomin project promoter not able to justify health risks of coal
June 21, 2013

Public discussions about the Plomin coal power plant's health impacts show how both project promoters and public authorities prefer to ignore or play down uncomfortable arguments and evidence against the project.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EU, fossil fuels, health, Istria, Plomin
The G8, tax havens and the need to clean up our own "bank yard"
June 18, 2013

While the G8 leaders claim they are at war with tax avoidance, their own bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is involved in deals linked to offshore financial centres.

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
Caucasus, Central Asia, development, EBRD, EU, EU neighbourhood, G8, policy, private equity, Southern Mediterranean, summit, tax havens

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