Ljubljana becomes this year’s European Green Capital
Karmenu Vella, European commissioner for the environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, handed over the title of European Green Capital for 2016 from Bristol to Ljubljana. The award is for efforts and commitment of cities in the European Union to improve the urban environment, boosting awareness of the need for environmental change at the city level. […]
Čakovec waste utility acquires third hybrid truck
The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) granted 40% of the funds for the purchase of a hybrid vehicle for the transport of urban waste in Čakovec, town in Croatia’s north. This is the third such truck in Čakom, the local utility company, and it was payed HRK 737,200 (EUR 96,800). Equipped with automatic […]
Balkan countries must manage floods, droughts together
There are cooperation and communication mechanisms missing between neighboring countries, in order to take into account the transboundary nature of flood and drought risk at operational level, says Jelena Peruničić, Senior Manager at the regional German Development Cooperation (GIZ) project Climate Change Adaptation in Western Balkans (CCAWB). There is much to be done at the local […]
Innovations in planning for urban resilience and sustainability: Blue Green Dream
Prof. Čedo Maksimović PhD: Imperial College, London, UK, and Director of the Blue Green Global (BGG-Ltd) company and Blue Green Global Group, E-mail: c.maksimovic@imperial.ac.uk INTRODUCTION This presentation introduces the innovative urban planning method developed by the Blue Green Dream (BGD) project, funded by the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) through its Climate_KiC program in the […]
EPS, KfW developing green energy together
Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) is an important partner of KfW Development Bank in the frame of cooperation with the country, said Arne Gooss, director of the German financial institution’s Belgrade office. He added projects with the company have been ongoing for a decade. In an interview with magazine EPS Energija, he stated the […]
Project Impact brings funds for circular economy
Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković, Serbian minister of agriculture and environmental protection, Siegmund Müller, director of German Development Cooperation (GIZ) Serbia, and Klaus Schmidt, Impact Project leader, signed an agreement on the implementation of the second phase of the project. In the next three years, EUR 3 million will be invested in five pilot municipalities in areas […]
Waste-to-energy project presented in Prokuplje
The association of entrepreneurs, employers and craftspeople of Toplica region in Serbia’s south organized a presentation of electricity generation from waste incineration. In cooperation with the Toplica District and the Municipality of Prokuplje, it brought experts from Slovakian development assistance project to speak about how to use municipal solid waste in the best way. The […]
EC’s contracting parties to cap pollution from plants
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine submitted national emission reduction plans (NERPs) to the Energy Community (EC) Secretariat by the deadline of end-2015. This marks a highly important milestone in preparing for the implementation of the Large Combustion Plants Directive (as amended by Decision 2013/05/MC-EnC of the Ministerial Council), which is to commence […]
