Environment
Turkey to return incentives for power plants on coal
16 May 2016 - The government of Turkey is set to reintroduce incentives and environmental exemptions for coal-fired power plants, Hürriyet...
Court blocks hydropower project Boškov most
13 May 2016 - A complaint filed by Macedonian environmental organisation Front 21/42 was sustained by the Administrative Court...
NGOs ask China to shift investment focus to green energy
05 May 2016 - Electric power projects with lignite in Southeastern Europe pose a significant threat to European Union’s...
Greece only EU member from Balkans that cuts emissions in 2015
03 May 2016 - While carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion increased by 0.7% last year in the...
City of Gaziantep unveils climate change action plan
01 May 2016 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it is supporting the southeastern Turkish...
Sweden funding environmental projects in Serbia
08 April 2016 - After the meeting held between Christer Asp, Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia and Aleksandar Vučić,...
Health costs of coal plants prompt policy rethink
18 March 2016 - A study quantified public health costs of polluted air from coal-fired power plants in Serbia,...
Action Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change With Vulnerability Assessment for the City of Belgrade
25 February 2016 - Project: Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkans (CCAWB) Component 5: Integration of adaptation to...
Draft law produced on cut in greenhouse gas emissions
09 February 2016 - Minister of agriculture and environmental protection Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković said obligatory monitoring and reporting on...
Ljubljana becomes this year’s European Green Capital
09 February 2016 - Karmenu Vella, European commissioner for the environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, handed over the title...
Balkan countries must manage floods, droughts together
28 January 2016 - There are cooperation and communication mechanisms missing between neighboring countries, in order to take into...
Innovations in planning for urban resilience and sustainability: Blue Green Dream
28 January 2016 - Prof. Čedo Maksimović PhD: Imperial College, London, UK, and Director of the Blue Green Global (BGG-Ltd)...
EPS, KfW developing green energy together
27 January 2016 - Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) is an important partner of KfW Development Bank in...
EC’s contracting parties to cap pollution from plants
07 January 2016 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine submitted national emission reduction plans (NERPs) to...
UNDP publishes country snapshots on climate change
23 December 2015 - By Christoph S. Henrich, Sustainable Energy Consultant, Istanbul Regional Hub, United Nations Development Programme in Europe and...
Serbia to ratify climate change deal within one year
22 December 2015 - The agreement adopted on December 12 at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris...