Why new coal in Turkey and the Balkans will test China’s and EU’s climate leadership

The EU and China have to live up to their responsibilities on climate change and use every opportunity to support the Western Balkans and Turkey to move beyond coal. This […]

Balkan coal power costing lives, urgent action is needed

More than 60,000 premature deaths in Europe could be prevented over the next decade if urgent action is taken on air pollution from Europe’s dirtiest coal-fired power plants, write Dragana […]

Reducing air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans would save thousands of lives annually

Swift and significant emission cuts by Europe’s top polluters under new rules would boost health and reduce healthcare costs.

Western Balkans cannot track climate action without appropriate monitoring

The European Commission has just announced it will drop a mechanism to monitor progress in limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the Western Balkans. The decision will make it difficult to […]

Coal Phase-out: Inter-ministerial Climate Action Group

Western Balkans leaders committed to work on the energy transition at a Ministerial meeting that took place in Austria in early June. They established an inter-ministerial Climate Action Group, aimed […]

News from the Balkans: Serbia ratifies Paris Agreement but keeps planning new coal

On 29 May 2017 Serbia ratified the Paris Agreement. Unfortunately, in the same time, the Government put out a draft of the national Energy Strategy Implementation Plan, prioritising new coal […]

Winning a losing game: Turkey’s electricity utility gets a fossil fuel subsidy award for its role in coal expansion

What’s the situation? Turkey’s electricity utility, EÜAŞ, “won” the second place in the Sneaky Special Treatment category of the Fossil Fuels Subsidy Awards due to its significant and increasing public […]

Letter to the World Bank regarding loan to the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline

This letter, signed by 39 organisations, was sent to the World Bank in relation to the board discussion on a loan to the Turkish company Botas for the construction of the […]

Addressing energy poverty in South-East Europe

Would you like to know how to analyse energy poverty at national or local level, train people to perform energy audits or engage decision makers and local actors in designing […]

Garanti, Turkey’s top climate killer bank praised as climate champion

Turkey’s second largest private bank, Garanti, which finances the country’s coal boom, received the 2016 Climate Performance Leadership award from CDP, a UK based organisation, earlier this month. Environmental groups […]

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