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While Western Balkan governments scramble to solve their energy and waste crises by turning to incineration, a clear lesson is emerging from the EU: burning waste is a dead end. 🔥 What are the lessons learned for the Western Balkans?
Sofia’s burned lesson: bankwatch.org/blog/sofia-s...
Sofia’s burned lesson: bankwatch.org/blog/sofia-s...
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
While Western Balkan governments scramble to solve their energy and waste crises by turning to incineration, a clear lesson is emerging from the EU: burning waste is a dead end. 🔥 What are the lessons learned for the Western Balkans?
Sofia’s burned lesson: bankwatch.org/blog/sofia-s...
Sofia’s burned lesson: bankwatch.org/blog/sofia-s...
1/3 🌿 Over 80% of Europe’s habitats are in poor condition – nature restoration can’t wait.
The EU’s new Nature Restoration Regulation is the first continent-wide effort to revive damaged ecosystems.
bankwatch.org/story/engagi...
The EU’s new Nature Restoration Regulation is the first continent-wide effort to revive damaged ecosystems.
bankwatch.org/story/engagi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
1/3 🌿 Over 80% of Europe’s habitats are in poor condition – nature restoration can’t wait.
The EU’s new Nature Restoration Regulation is the first continent-wide effort to revive damaged ecosystems.
bankwatch.org/story/engagi...
The EU’s new Nature Restoration Regulation is the first continent-wide effort to revive damaged ecosystems.
bankwatch.org/story/engagi...
🔎Our field visits to the EIB-financed Algeti–Sadakhlo & Rustavi–Red Bridge projects in Georgia reveal major issues: lack of consultation, coercive expropriation, poor compensation, harm caused to Azerbaijani communities – all of which breach the @eib.org’s standards‼️ bankwatch.org/publication/...
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🔎Our field visits to the EIB-financed Algeti–Sadakhlo & Rustavi–Red Bridge projects in Georgia reveal major issues: lack of consultation, coercive expropriation, poor compensation, harm caused to Azerbaijani communities – all of which breach the @eib.org’s standards‼️ bankwatch.org/publication/...
This episode features a critical conversation on the Social Climate Fund and national social climate plans in light of current trends across CEE. Chris Vrettos from @rescoop.eu sets out civil society’s demands for improving the quality of the plans.
🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/133a...
🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/133a...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This episode features a critical conversation on the Social Climate Fund and national social climate plans in light of current trends across CEE. Chris Vrettos from @rescoop.eu sets out civil society’s demands for improving the quality of the plans.
🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/133a...
🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/133a...
❗ Europe must complete its divorce from Russian fossil fuels. Bankwatch has joined @caneurope.org and 30 other civil society organisations in urging EU trialogue negotiators to ensure a strong, loophole-free regulation:
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November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
❗ Europe must complete its divorce from Russian fossil fuels. Bankwatch has joined @caneurope.org and 30 other civil society organisations in urging EU trialogue negotiators to ensure a strong, loophole-free regulation:
caneurope.org/content/uplo...
caneurope.org/content/uplo...
♻️Biowaste is key to cutting methane & boosting soil health. Yet it’s still burned or buried across much of central and eastern Europe. Our new briefing shows how EU funds can turn waste into value by investing in proven circular solutions – not incinerators. Read more: bankwatch.org/publication/...
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
♻️Biowaste is key to cutting methane & boosting soil health. Yet it’s still burned or buried across much of central and eastern Europe. Our new briefing shows how EU funds can turn waste into value by investing in proven circular solutions – not incinerators. Read more: bankwatch.org/publication/...
1/ In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Upper Horizons hydropower complex is reshaping the landscape and threatening the rivers Buna, Bunica and Bregava, as well as Hutovo Blato and the Neretva Delta. 🌊
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
1/ In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Upper Horizons hydropower complex is reshaping the landscape and threatening the rivers Buna, Bunica and Bregava, as well as Hutovo Blato and the Neretva Delta. 🌊
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A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷
👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year
👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists
✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
#COP30
👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year
👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists
✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
#COP30
More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics
As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷
👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year
👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists
✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
#COP30
👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year
👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists
✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
#COP30
5 years into the EU's Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, it’s had limited results on the ground. With a new Action Plan endorsed in Oct., our blog examines whether civil society proposals were taken into account, and whether the revised plan can inject new dynamism. bankwatch.org/blog/with-a-...
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
5 years into the EU's Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, it’s had limited results on the ground. With a new Action Plan endorsed in Oct., our blog examines whether civil society proposals were taken into account, and whether the revised plan can inject new dynamism. bankwatch.org/blog/with-a-...
1/ Europe’s nature is in crisis.
The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 promised to put nature on the road to recovery. But halfway through, it’s clear: we’re off track.
❌ No increase in protected land and sea areas since 2021
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The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 promised to put nature on the road to recovery. But halfway through, it’s clear: we’re off track.
❌ No increase in protected land and sea areas since 2021
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November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
1/ Europe’s nature is in crisis.
The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 promised to put nature on the road to recovery. But halfway through, it’s clear: we’re off track.
❌ No increase in protected land and sea areas since 2021
1/2
The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 promised to put nature on the road to recovery. But halfway through, it’s clear: we’re off track.
❌ No increase in protected land and sea areas since 2021
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1/2 Over the past decade, the EIB has supported the modernisation of Ukraine’s urban transport through two major projects. 🚌
Despite their benefits, progress has stalled due to systemic challenges and weak environmental protections.
Despite their benefits, progress has stalled due to systemic challenges and weak environmental protections.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
1/2 Over the past decade, the EIB has supported the modernisation of Ukraine’s urban transport through two major projects. 🚌
Despite their benefits, progress has stalled due to systemic challenges and weak environmental protections.
Despite their benefits, progress has stalled due to systemic challenges and weak environmental protections.
This year’s #UrbanOctober is about building people-centred smart cities.
♻️One key element? Smarter waste management, starting with biowaste! Our upcoming briefing calls for EU funds to help cities improve separate collection & invest in circular solutions. Stay tuned!
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♻️One key element? Smarter waste management, starting with biowaste! Our upcoming briefing calls for EU funds to help cities improve separate collection & invest in circular solutions. Stay tuned!
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October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This year’s #UrbanOctober is about building people-centred smart cities.
♻️One key element? Smarter waste management, starting with biowaste! Our upcoming briefing calls for EU funds to help cities improve separate collection & invest in circular solutions. Stay tuned!
bankwatch.org/publication/...
♻️One key element? Smarter waste management, starting with biowaste! Our upcoming briefing calls for EU funds to help cities improve separate collection & invest in circular solutions. Stay tuned!
bankwatch.org/publication/...
From 1 January 2026 – in just two months’ time – the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will take full effect.
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
From 1 January 2026 – in just two months’ time – the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will take full effect.
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
A list of EU priority energy projects to be unveiled next month risks enabling a reckless expansion of fossil hydrogen. Both civil society and EU agencies have been warning that a hydrogen-packed PCI list could impede Europe’s energy transition.
Read our new blog post: bankwatch.org/blog/prefere...
Read our new blog post: bankwatch.org/blog/prefere...
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A list of EU priority energy projects to be unveiled next month risks enabling a reckless expansion of fossil hydrogen. Both civil society and EU agencies have been warning that a hydrogen-packed PCI list could impede Europe’s energy transition.
Read our new blog post: bankwatch.org/blog/prefere...
Read our new blog post: bankwatch.org/blog/prefere...
At the @eib.org civil society seminar, we urged the Bank to update its outdated gender strategy. Amid backlash against LGBTIQ+ 🌈 rights, the EIB must lead by example — embedding equality and inclusion in every investment and policy decision.
👓 Read more: bankwatch.org/blog/ringing...
👓 Read more: bankwatch.org/blog/ringing...
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
At the @eib.org civil society seminar, we urged the Bank to update its outdated gender strategy. Amid backlash against LGBTIQ+ 🌈 rights, the EIB must lead by example — embedding equality and inclusion in every investment and policy decision.
👓 Read more: bankwatch.org/blog/ringing...
👓 Read more: bankwatch.org/blog/ringing...
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The EU’s green transition has slipped down the agenda, as shown in talks on the MFF 2028–2034.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social insists: "no one should be left behind on the path to climate neutrality."
We met the team in Warsaw to dig into the MFF process and support their campaign.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social insists: "no one should be left behind on the path to climate neutrality."
We met the team in Warsaw to dig into the MFF process and support their campaign.
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The EU’s green transition has slipped down the agenda, as shown in talks on the MFF 2028–2034.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social insists: "no one should be left behind on the path to climate neutrality."
We met the team in Warsaw to dig into the MFF process and support their campaign.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social insists: "no one should be left behind on the path to climate neutrality."
We met the team in Warsaw to dig into the MFF process and support their campaign.
🏠 Europe’s housing crisis and its climate goals are deeply intertwined. Affordable, social, climate-neutral housing is possible, but not yet the norm. Our briefing explores how EU funds can bridge the climate & housing agendas. bankwatch.org/public...
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🏠 Europe’s housing crisis and its climate goals are deeply intertwined. Affordable, social, climate-neutral housing is possible, but not yet the norm. Our briefing explores how EU funds can bridge the climate & housing agendas. bankwatch.org/public...
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🚨Hydrogen-hype klaxon!
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨Hydrogen-hype klaxon!
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
🚨Hydrogen-hype klaxon!
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨Hydrogen-hype klaxon!
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
Dozens of fossil gas-based hydrogen projects could soon receive EU priority status, threatening to derail Europe’s energy transition.
Read a new open letter from 34 civil society groups on the next Projects of Common Interest list: bankwatch.org/publication/...
At last week’s @eib.org civil society seminar, we raised alarms over Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina – a project marred by stalled works, forced expropriations and threats to ecosystems in a national park proposed for protection. Read more: bankwatch.org/publication/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
At last week’s @eib.org civil society seminar, we raised alarms over Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina – a project marred by stalled works, forced expropriations and threats to ecosystems in a national park proposed for protection. Read more: bankwatch.org/publication/...
As the Berlin Process Leaders’ Summit begins in London, 67 CSOs have shared feedback about the 2025 process.
Time to move beyond symbolic participation and strengthen civil society’s role.
How? 📖 bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
Time to move beyond symbolic participation and strengthen civil society’s role.
How? 📖 bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As the Berlin Process Leaders’ Summit begins in London, 67 CSOs have shared feedback about the 2025 process.
Time to move beyond symbolic participation and strengthen civil society’s role.
How? 📖 bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
Time to move beyond symbolic participation and strengthen civil society’s role.
How? 📖 bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
🤔 How can art play a role in bringing just transition communities together?
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
Just Transition Culture - Art and activism in transitioning regions
The Just Transition Culture event took place in Eastern Wielkopolska in Poland on 21-25 June 2025. It was organised by activists and artists from three European just transition regions: Eastern Wielkopolska in Poland, Western Macedonia in Greece and Jiu Valley in Romania. The activities included art
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October 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🤔 How can art play a role in bringing just transition communities together?
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
The Buk Bijela dam on the upper Drina raises major environmental, legal & financial red flags. Closed bids from Chinese firms and a flawed EIA put the river’s future at risk. It’s a risky project putting profits over nature.
📢 Stop Buk Bijela! bankwatch.org/stopbu...
📢 Stop Buk Bijela! bankwatch.org/stopbu...
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Buk Bijela dam on the upper Drina raises major environmental, legal & financial red flags. Closed bids from Chinese firms and a flawed EIA put the river’s future at risk. It’s a risky project putting profits over nature.
📢 Stop Buk Bijela! bankwatch.org/stopbu...
📢 Stop Buk Bijela! bankwatch.org/stopbu...
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Blog article by @ceebankwatch.bsky.social highlights the growing threats and impacts of #BigBadBiomass in West Balkan region. With a link to our map of biomass and pellet plants (also below). www.linkedin.com/posts/cee-ba...
⚠ Across the region, legislation to prevent burning healthy wood from biodiverse forests is falling behind, while at the same time 58 percent of total woody biomass consumption comes from… | CEE Bankw...
⚠ Across the region, legislation to prevent burning healthy wood from biodiverse forests is falling behind, while at the same time 58 percent of total woody biomass consumption comes from unregistered...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Blog article by @ceebankwatch.bsky.social highlights the growing threats and impacts of #BigBadBiomass in West Balkan region. With a link to our map of biomass and pellet plants (also below). www.linkedin.com/posts/cee-ba...
The just transition has led to significant changes across the EU. Today, at the #JustTransitionPlatform, Miłosława Stępień highlighted the importance of continued support and dedicated funding for regions. ‘Leaving no one behind’ should not expire with the end of the EU’s current long-term budget!
October 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The just transition has led to significant changes across the EU. Today, at the #JustTransitionPlatform, Miłosława Stępień highlighted the importance of continued support and dedicated funding for regions. ‘Leaving no one behind’ should not expire with the end of the EU’s current long-term budget!