Skopje, Tetovo trigger air pollution response measures
Local authorities in North Macedonia have started implementing the recommendations the government passed at the end of last year for cases of extreme air pollution. Skopje and Tetovo have just triggered the measures after official data showed the concentration of PM10 particulates was above 175 micrograms per cubic meter for two days in a row. […]
Belgrade sees EUR 6.5 billion in investments lowering pollution
Deputy mayor Goran Vesić has laid out a five-year plan to combat pollution in Serbia’s capital. Together with investments by the country’s government and other partners, spending in Belgrade comes in at EUR 6.5 billion. The sum for combating pollution includes EUR 3.86 billion projected for the first two lines of the city train, which […]
Global climate A-List this year includes 179 companies
Carbon Disclosure Project or CDP, a global non-profit organization, has published its 17th A-List, with 179 companies graded according to corporate transparency and action on climate change. The ranking was released on the eve of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Over 8,400 companies with over 50% of global market capitalization disclosed environmental […]
Serbian government adopts Chapter 27 negotiating position
The Government of Serbia has adopted the negotiating position for Chapter 27 – environment and climate change and sent it to the European Commission in Brussels. It is an opportunity to open another chapter in 2020 as part of the EU accession process, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The negotiating position for Chapter […]
Warning, alert – most commonly heard words in Sarajevo in past days
Thanks to a change in the weather, the citizens of Sarajevo have finally started to breathe air with the concentration of pollutants within the permitted limits. The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been at the top of AirVisual’s list of the most polluted cities in the world, meaning the air was unhealthy for […]
New thermal power plant feasibility studies understated TPP costs – report
Members of parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have been deceived with “false information” when they adopted guarantees for two coal-burning blocks financed by China, according to documents seen by Unearthed. In feasibility studies for new thermal power plant projects Tuzla 7 and Kostolac B3, respectively, expenses for greenhouse gas emissions are strongly belittled […]
Draft BIMR Policy Paper to be adopted by BIMR Regional Platform in first half of 2020
A draft BIMR Policy Paper, as regional strategic plan for biodiversity information management and reporting, should be compiled, reviewed and adopted by the BIMR Regional Platform (BIMR RP) and further endorsed by the Biodiversity Task-Force (BD TF) in the first half of 2020, said Ana Štrbenac, GIZ consultant in charge of coordination of the BIMR […]
China’s CMEC to make main Belgrade wastewater treatment unit, sewage
Serbia’s capital city signed a cooperation agreement with China Machinery Engineering Corp. for the intended financing of research and design of a system for the collection and treatment of wastewater. A separate deal is authorizing CMEC to start the preparatory activity for the project, estimated at up to EUR 771 million in total. The first […]