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Fossil fuel subsidies by European public banks are underwriting climate change
September 28, 2017

The United States and Syria stand alone. With the recent adoption by Nicaragua of the Paris climate agreement, only those two countries appear to ignore the global imperative of phasing out fossil fuels if the world is to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

Within the EU, the acknowledgment of the need to phase out fossil fuel subsidies as a key part of the global effort to stem climate change has materialised in multiple policy decisions including the Europe 2020 Strategy and the recent EU 2030 Energy and Climate governance framework.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Georgia's highlanders against hydropower
September 20, 2017

As the Georgian government moves ahead with its plans for increasing the country’s hydropower capacity, local communities are being sidelined in the process of compensation payments.

EBRD
EIB
AIIB
ADB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Caucasus, EU neighbourhood, hydropower, internally displaced persons, land rights, local communities, participation, resettlement, transparency
Systematic shortcomings will deprive people affected by Georgian dam of compensation
September 11, 2017

An assessment of livelihoods of people to be affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia contains mistakes that will lead to significant losses for locals.

EBRD
EIB
AIIB
ADB
Social & economic impacts
Caucasus, EU neighbourhood, hydropower, indigenous people, land rights, livelihoods, resettlement, Svaneti
The true colours of Svaneti - A festival in the stunning Georgian mountains
August 30, 2017

Despite the remote location, the culture festival We Are Svaneti brought together people from three continents and helped young Svans to become aware of their communities’ unique traditions.

EBRD
EIB
Export credit agencies
AIIB
ADB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Caucasus, culture, hydropower, indigenous people, resettlement, Svaneti, tradition
National and local levels play secondary role in Green Climate Fund, European Investment Bank project illustrates
April 25, 2017

The use of international financial institutions to manage projects within the Green Climate Fund framework has been criticised as too far removed from communities and those affected by the investments. Recently approved projects, the biggest of them administered by the European Investment Bank confirm this view, despite willingness to include civil society.

EIB
Energy & climate
Development
climate finance, development, Global South, Green Climate Fund, participation
Why no Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (NO TAP), here or elsewhere
April 12, 2017

This article first appeared on the Re:Common website.

It was the end of February and the scene is Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. During an official meeting, the Italian government was severely criticised for the considerable delays in the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), part of the Southern Gas Corridor.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Azerbaijan, EU, EU neighbourhood, local communities, natural gas, protests, TAP
River defenders gather forces in Georgia
March 28, 2017

This week, activists from across the world are meeting in Tbilisi to share their experiences of resisting hydropower projects and the money that supports them.

EBRD
EIB
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Other harmful projects
activism, Balkans, biodiversity, Caucasus, EU, EU neighbourhood, Global South, hydropower, rivers, water
Italian communities block pipeline works to save ancient olive trees
March 23, 2017

An ancient olive grove in southern Italy is currently on the frontlines of grassroots resistance to the Southern Gas Corridor project, the EU’s flagship energy project.

EIB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
EU, TAP, Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
Tackling gender inequality at the EU’s flagship energy project
March 7, 2017

It is fitting that we use today to reflect on the European Investment Bank’s new Strategy on Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment: 8 March is International Women’s Day. Adopted at the beginning of this year, the strategy complements the bank’s existing social policy and reflects the equality principle of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

EBRD
EIB
World Bank Group
AIIB
ADB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, gender, policy, Southern Gas Corridor, TAP
Small is (not always) beautiful: small hydro development in the Western Balkans
February 28, 2017

This blog first appeared on Balkan Green Energy News

EBRD
EIB
Balkans
Balkans, Balkans, hydropower, Western Balkans

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