Multi-stakeholder approach in achieving clean energy transition important and necessary, second Sustainability Forum hears
The second Sustainability Forum took place on June 22 in Vienna, gathering more than 120 participants from a multi-stakeholder environment actively engaged in the process of the energy transition of the Energy Community’s contracting parties. The Forum’s participants agreed that energy transition has already started bringing new models into focus of the energy sector development, […]
EU agrees on new energy efficiency target for 2030
The European Union has reached a deal on a new 32.5% energy efficiency target for 2030 and new rules for the Energy Union project to help member states deliver on energy and climate goals. The new target, agreed by the European Parliament (EP) and Council negotiators, is to be reviewed by 2023 to take into […]
EU reaches agreement on binding 32% target for renewables
A binding EU target of 32% of final energy consumption from renewables by 2030 with an upwards revision clause by 2023 was reached between negotiators from the Parliament, Commission, and Council. New targets and rules were also agreed for self-consumption, biofuels, and the heating and cooling sector. The European Commission had proposed a target of […]
Regional GIZ Workshop on National Building Renovation Strategy held in Belgrade
Authors: Berina Delalić, GIZ ORF-EE and Svjetlana Đokić, GIZ DKTI Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings in Serbia Acknowledging the partners’ initiative, the German development organization GIZ organized a regional workshop in Belgrade, titled “Steps towards the National Building Renovation Strategy”. GIZ projects “DKTI Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings in Serbia”, “Promotion of Energy Efficiency in […]
SEE parliamentarians visit Berlin, Germany’s administrative and smart development center
Germany is the world’s unofficial champion of energy transition, which is called Energiewende in German. Despite its leadership position and commitment to removing fossil fuels and even nuclear energy from its energy mix, Germany, like other countries around the world, faces numerous challenges concerning the energy sector development planning, but also the sector’s impact on […]
Republika Srpska government proposes new energy sector development strategy until 2035
The government of Republika Srpska, the Serb entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has adopted a proposal of the energy sector development strategy until 2035, focusing on the security of supply and the creation of a sustainable and competitive energy sector, local media reported. The document, which has been sent to parliament for a fast-track procedure, […]
FBiH government proposes bill to strengthen polluter pays principle
The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has proposed a bill seeking to strengthen the polluter pays principle and more clearly define the energy efficiency activities of the Environmental Protection Fund, including by renaming it the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund. The polluter pays principle envisaged under the bill on the […]
Energy Community’s Secretariat sends draft climate change law to ministry
The Energy Community’s Secretariat has submitted to the Kosovo* ministry of environment a draft new climate change law, according to a statement from the Secretariat. This new climate change law would be transposing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the Recommendation of the Ministerial Council […]
