Slovenia’s Kobarid eyes solar, heat pumps for energy self-sufficiency
The Slovenian municipality of Kobarid is eyeing an uptake in renewable energy self-supply to ensure environmental sustainability that would, in turn, foster tourism development in the town immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. Kobarid, Slovenia’s westernmost municipality, is looking to gradually achieve energy self-sufficiency with the aim of surpassing the EU’s target of […]
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate protest held in Belgrade
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate change protest was held in Belgrade on April 5. The global Fridays for Future protests were inspired by the now 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who in 2018 held what she called a school strike for climate for three weeks outside the Swedish parliament, demanding CO2 emission cuts in accordance with […]
Albanian Development Fund launches EU-funded project to secure water supply for 83 villages
The Albanian Development Fund (ADF) has started the implementation of the EUR 39.3 million Rural Water Supply Program (RWSP) III in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Rrajca water supply scheme. The program aims to solve the problem of water supply for 85,000 rural residents in 15 municipalities in the country, the ADF said […]
Vojvodina adopts Declaration on Environmental Protection, recommends ban on plastic bags
The Government of the province of Vojvodina has adopted the Declaration on Environmental Protection, which envisages the end of coal and heating oil used for heating in public buildings, a wider introduction of environmentally friendly vehicles for public transport, and the prohibition of plastic bags by the end of 2020. In order to enter into […]
Schoolchildren need your help to travel to Vancouver for award ceremony, debates
Nine elementary and high school students from Belgrade, mainly the Drinka Pavlović elementary school, and their mentor, professor Marina Drndarski, have achieved remarkable success in a global essay competition on achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal #15 – Life on Land. They now need financial assistance to travel to Vancouver for the award ceremony and debates […]
Ministry publishes Green Book for preparation of Croatia’s Energy Development Strategy
In line with the guidelines of the commission for the preparation of the Energy Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia until 2030 with a vision to 2050, the Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar has prepared the Green Book, which includes the analytical foundations for the preparation of the strategy, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and […]
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate protest scheduled for April 5
Serbia will this week join the Fridays for Future global climate protests, inspired by now 16-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden. The protest will begin at 4 pm this Friday, April 5, at Belgrade’s Pionirski Park, the organizers have announced. The Fridays for Future protest is planned to be attended by elementary and secondary schoolchildren from […]
Earth Hour dominates Top 3 in March, followed by district heating op-ed, solar auctions
In only a day, the article announcing Earth Hour this past weekend shot up to the number one spot on our English-language Top 3 Most Read list for March. The list is also available for our portal’s Serbian/local language version. 1 – Earth Hour 2019 switch-off People and businesses around the world were invited to […]