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A message to EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti
September 13, 2013
 | by Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath

In an open letter sent today to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 54 civil society organisations follow up from last weeks consultations on the bank's new energy sector strategy and ask the president to ensure that the EBRD addresses the challenges of climate change with the urgency it deserves. We reproduce the letter's content here.

consultation, EBRD, energy, energypolicy, participation, Suma Chakrabarti
EBRD
Energy & climate
A comeback to Polish prime minister Tusk's backing of coal
September 13, 2013
 | by Kuba Gogolewski

“Poland will continue to back coal (…) The future of Polish energy is in brown and black coal, as well as shale gas,” said on Tuesday Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking at an event of the extractive industry.

climate, coal, costs, health, lignite, mining, Poland, Tusk
EU Funds
Energy & climate
New arrests link corruption with land expropriation at Serbian Kolubara mine
September 11, 2013
 | by Zvezdan Kalmar

Land expropriation and corruption have been two recurring themes at the Kolubara mine. This week's arrests indicate that they are closely connected.

corruption, energy, EPS, fossil fuels, Kolubara, lignite, mining, resettlement
EBRD
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts, Mining, Balkans
Of horses and roads - protests in Ukraine highlight lack of safety
September 11, 2013
 | by Alena Miskun

Demonstrations in Kiev have shown that road safety is not only for cars but also pedestrians and other traffic participants - a lesson that the Ukrainian road company still needs to learn and that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should be teaching more actively.

accidents, Bolyarka, roads, safety, Ukraine, transport
EBRD, EIB
Transport, Social & economic impacts
Energy consultations reveal lack of strategic thinking at the EBRD
September 6, 2013
 | by Pippa Gallop

With another public action, colleagues in Moscow are today bringing to a close a week that has seen the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development having to listen to a lot of uncomfortable truths.

coal, EBRD, energypolicy, fossil fuels, health, participation, petition, public action, stranded assets
EBRD
Energy & climate
Nordic countries 'no' to coal is a glimmer of hope for EBRD energy lending
September 5, 2013
 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

The global campaign to make the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development restrict its coal lending may have found new allies in Nordic countries after their declaration yesterday to seize overseas coal investments.

climate, coal, declaration, EBRD, energypolicy, fossil fuels, green investments
EBRD
Energy & climate
Thousands remind the EBRD that coal is not an option
September 4, 2013
 | by Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development received a little surprise visit this week from 16 000 voices against coal.

coal, consultations, EBRD, energypolicy, fossil fuels, petition, public action, shale gas
EBRD
Energy & climate
Charts: Financial allocations for Cohesion Policy
August 29, 2013
 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

Cohesion Policy decisions are heating up at national level while financial allocations for the period 2014-2020 have been published this week.

allocation, chart, Cohesion Policy, EU funds, EU regions, legislative process, regional development, structural funds
EU Funds
Reality, climate change and global attention is catching up on the 'sustainable energy' bank (EBRD)
August 28, 2013
 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

As part of the consultation on its energy sector strategy the EBRD next week hosts public meetings in Istanbul, Belgrade and Moscow to discuss with civil society from its countries of operation. While public pressure is increasing to end coal financing it is important to note that restrictions to carbon-intensive investments must be strictly and clearly defined in the strategy document if they are to improve the EBRD's climate impact. An article from Bankwatch's 2012 annual report (pdf) illustrates how a too flexible approach allows the EBRD to greenwash also very dirty investments.

coal, EBRD, energy, energypolicy, fossil fuels, SEI, Sostanj, theory v practice, Ukraine
EBRD
Energy & climate
Groups petition Polish government to drop permit for Europe's largest planned coal plant
August 26, 2013
 | by Kuba Gogolewski

On Monday Polish NGOs Client Earth, Workshop for all Beings, Greenpeace, WWF and local community group Eco-Kociewie petitioned the General Director of Environmental Protection to cancel the environmental impact assessment permit for the Polnoc Power Plant in northern Poland.

air pollution, climate, coal, EBRD, EIB, energy, environment, health, Poland, Polnoc
EBRD, EIB
Energy & climate

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