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EBRD and EU Help Furniture Manufacturer in Serbia to Invest in Modern Equipment
With eyes on the EU market, Novi Stil from Jagodina invests in quality to become more competitive.
Like other countries in the Western Balkans, Serbia faces a ‘brain drain’. However, Novi Stil, a...
New Global Methane Pledge Aims to Tackle Climate Change
A new joint agreement by the European Union and the United States to cut global methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 could mark a crucial step in tackling climate change and...
Why Public Finance for Climate Matters
The Presidents of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), Odile Renaud-Basso and Werner Hoyer, appealed yesterday for urgent action on climate change, while comparing...
EBRD Calls for an Increase in Rail Investment in the Western Balkans
As one of the major multilateral investors in the Western Balkans, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued an appeal for more investment in the region’s railway sector to...
The Role of Resource Extraction in a “Circular” World
If the latest major report on global warming makes one thing clear, it’s that humanity must transition to a low-carbon economy, and fast.
To do that, many countries are embracing what’s known as...
How Personalizing Sustainable Investments can Shape the Future of Finance
This is one of a series of articles written by Young Global Leaders with action-oriented ideas to improve the state of the world by 2030.
Sustainable finance could become the most material innovation...
Rapid Shift to Evolving Renewable Energy Technologies Poses New Waste Challenge for Europe
A rapid transition to renewable energy is necessary if Europe is to achieve its climate objectives. Developing the infrastructure to enable this change will require substantial resources and generate large volumes of...
Evaluate, Anticipate and Act!
These are three major principles of Portugal’s Air Strategy, one of many adopted by the government of this country to mitigate climate change consequences and safeguard the environment. We talked to the...
The EU4Energy Governance Project Phase II Identifies Activities for the Next two years
The European Commission approved Work Programmes for three Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries - Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, which will be implemented in the framework of the EU4Energy Governance project.
The Work Programmes identify...
The IED Serbia Project – For the Efficient Prevention and Better Control of Environmental Pollution
Through project “Further Implementation of the Industrial Emissions Directive – IED Serbia”, implemented over the past three years, Sweden has supported our country both at institutional and individual companies level, with the...
EU Supports the Clean Energy Transition in Eastern Partnership Countries
The European Commission and its partners, the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), the Energy Community Secretariat (EnCS) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), are working to foster the low carbon and...
EBRD supports coal transition in Kragujevac, Serbia
Kragujevac, the fourth-largest city in Serbia, will make a big leap in its transition away from coal, thanks to an EUR 18 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
It’s High Time for Your Solar Power Plant
The new Law on Renewable Energy Sources will enable the citizens of Serbia to produce and sell green kilowatts. The novelties brought by this law are auctions for the allocation of premiums...
COVID-19 in Europe: Increased Pollution From Masks, Gloves and Other Single-use Plastics
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged European societies in many ways. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) briefing, published today, analyses the pandemic’s effect on the use of certain single-use plastics products, which cause...
Protecting Fragile Marine Ecosystems
This year’s World Environment Day, officially celebrated on 5 June, focuses on ecosystem restoration, an important aspect of a healthy world. The EBRD’s work with the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) shows...
UNESCO Declares Environmental Education Must be a Core Curriculum Component by 2025
Over 80 ministers and vice ministers and 2,800 education and environment stakeholders committed to taking concrete steps to transform learning for the survival of our planet by adopting the Berlin Declaration on...
