EU takes Bulgaria, Greece to Court of Justice over air pollution
The EU is taking Greece and Bulgaria to the Court of Justice for failing to tackle PM10 air pollution and reprimanding them for environmental breaches
State leaders endorse Green Agenda for Western Balkans at Sofia summit
European Union hopefuls from the continent's southeast agreed at a summit in Sofia with the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans
Power system in North Macedonia suffers due to flood, drought
Due to the low water levels the country has decided to terminate the production in all hydropower plants, and to import electricity.
Leonardo DiCaprio backs campaign to protect Bosnian rivers
Conservationist groups from the region and the world urged the Federation of BiH to pass a law that would forbid the construction of new small hydropower plants, and Leonardo DiCaprio backed the initiative to protect the country’s rivers. They called for the implementation of an initiative that the entity’s parliament adopted three months ago. If […]
ESAV Guidelines to improve involvement of ecosystem services into decision making in Western Balkans
Author: Sara Pavkov, Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province ESAV Guidelines have been just finalized by the Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province and experts from the region. The Guidelines were created with the aim to showcase good practices of protected areas’ establishment and management with the full consideration of ecosystem services. Although […]
Timberland vows net positive impact on nature by 2030
Fashion company Timberland plans its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030 – giving back more than it takes. The brand intends to improve biodiversity, water quality, and farmer wellbeing. The firm said it aims to fulfil the plan through the achievement of two goals: 100% of products need to be […]
Five cities in South East Europe aim to become carbon-neutral by 2030
Five cities in five different South East European countries are part of a project that aims to make them carbon-neutral as early as 2030, with a funding model for such an ambitious transformation to be designed in a way that will not increase the existing debt burden on either the public or the private sector. […]
Court halts Vrataruša 2 wind farm project over EIA study
Croatia’s High Administrative Court has annulled a decision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy to free the investor from the obligation to produce an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the planned 24 MW Vrataruša 2 wind farm near the city of Senj. The ruling is based, among other things, on the potential adverse […]