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EBRD: Don't open pandora's box with lignite open cast mine in Serbia
July 4, 2011

Before making any decisions on the planned EUR 80 million loan for the Kolubara lignite mine project in Serbia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Board of Directors should take note of the controversy the bank will get involved in. Not only are the climate impacts of lignite well known, but the project is also indirectly connected to the resettlement of nearby residents.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, energy, fossil fuels, human rights, participation, resettlement
Video: Polish perspectives on the EU presidency
July 1, 2011

Today Poland takes the helm of the EU presidency, but the country's recent move to unilaterally block a 25 percent reduction target for EU carbon emissions has solidified expectations that Poland would hinder a more ambitious EU climate policy agenda.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
energy security, EU, fossil fuels
Deja-vu in Belgrade
June 22, 2011

Bankwatch’s coordinator in Serbia Zvezdan Kalmar finds himself in a situation similar to the one when campaigning on the Gazela bridge project: Roma families live in uncertainty about when they’ll be resettled to make way for road construction, all the while with little influence about how decisions are made.

EBRD
EIB
Transport
Balkans, human rights, participation, resettlement, transparency
Transparency improvements grind to a halt at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
June 10, 2011

Bankwatch research co-ordinator Pippa Gallop discusses the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's draft public information policy and how the bank has come to a standstill with improving its transparency rules.

EBRD
accountability, financial intermediaries, local benefits, participation, policy, transparency
Bringing Georgian realities to the EBRD drawing board
May 30, 2011

David Chipashvili from Bankwatch member group Green Alternative in Georgia talks about the opportunities and threats in bringing concerns from the ground to the attention of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Caucasus, EBRD annual meeting, energy exports, EU neighbourhood, hydro power, local benefits, participation
The sun ain't shining over Khimki Forest
May 4, 2011

The Khimki Forest in Russia might see its end signed and sealed this month. But Russian activists have continued their actions to defend Khimki forest also today by carrying out a citizens' inspection to prevent the still illegal felling of trees.

EBRD
EIB
Transport
Social & economic impacts
human rights, motorways, PPP
20,000 backing Khimki activists calling on Vinci to end involvement in Moscow - St. Petersburg motorway
April 28, 2011

More than 20,000 people have signed a petition to demand Vinci's withdrawal from the construction of a highway section through the Khimki Forest in Russia.

EBRD
EIB
Transport
human rights, motorways, PPP
Russian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
April 12, 2011

Russian environmentalist Dmitry Lisitsyn is one of the six winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for environmentalism.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Other harmful projects
biodiversity, extractive industries, fossil fuels, success, energy & climate
Campaign against Vinci's participation in Moscow St. Petersburg motorway project launched
March 30, 2011

While much of the debate around the Moscow St. Petersburg motorway project has centred around the behaviour of the Russian authorities, the Movement to Defend Khimki Forest is now targeting French construction giant Vinci and asking the company not to sign an additional agreement with the Russian authorities, expected in mid-April.

EBRD
EIB
Transport
human rights, transport
Don't turn Ukraine into a nuclear energy source for the European Union!
March 29, 2011

Bankwatch member group National Ecological Centre of Ukraine is asking the European Investment Bank (EIB) on inaugurating its Kiev office March 25 not to support nuclear development in Ukraine .

EBRD
EIB
energy security, EU neighbourhood, nuclear, transmission lines

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