environment
UK’s Johnson examining cross-border carbon tax option
28 May 2021 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering the possibility to tax imports for carbon, according to media reports
Balkan countries are source of most of SO2 emissions in Europe
27 May 2021 - Over half of entire SO2 emissions in the continent in 2019 originated in Southeastern Europe, Ember said in an analysis
Romania tells EU it would close all coal mines by 2032
26 May 2021 - Romania said it intends to stop the excavation of coal in 2032 at the latest and replace conventional power plants in the meantime
Turkey preparing framework as it may issue its first sovereign green bond
21 May 2021 - The Turkish government is working on legal requirements that will enable it to raise money with green and social bond packages, a news report revealed
EU member states to receive EUR 17.5 billion in grants for fossil fuel phaseout
20 May 2021 - Workers in the coal industry and regions that depend on it in the EU will be able to tap on the EUR 17.5 billion Just Transition Fund
Report reveals world’s biggest single use plastics producers, investors
19 May 2021 - The Plastic Waste Makers Index identified ExxonMobil, Barclays, Vanguard and Saudi Arabia as the biggest producers and investors in single use plastics
Tomašević in strong lead in Zagreb mayoral election with green left platform
17 May 2021 - Tomislav Tomašević won the first round of the mayoral election and his We Can! coalition will hold almost half of the seats in the Zagreb Assembly
Lake Ohrid becomes North Macedonia’s third wetland of international importance
10 May 2021 - North Macedonia made Lake Ohrid and the Studenchishte marsh its third and largest area on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
Portugal to call off lithium project amid EU’s scramble for battery materials
05 May 2021 - A major lithium project in Portugal may soon be scrapped, but another firm is making progress in the same region. The EU needs a steady and environmentally acceptable supply.
Serbia revamps plan to install waste incinerator in Niš
29 April 2021 - Serbia is in talks with partners from China and Europe on a waste incinerator in Niš worth EUR 100 million, refreshing a plan from one decade ago
Greece pushes coal phaseout deadline to 2025 from 2028
29 April 2021 - Coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5, the last of its kind in Greece, is set to be converted to gas in 2025, three years earlier than planned
EU’s CO2 certificates climb above EUR 48 per ton to all-time high
28 April 2021 - The cost of releasing greenhouse gases within the EU's Emissions Trading System is continuing to set records and nearing EUR 50 per CO2 equivalent
First 100 households in Sarajevo get subsidies to abandon coal in heating
20 April 2021 - The Sarajevo Canton picked 77 beneficiaries that will install wood pellet furnaces and 27 are setting up heat pumps instead of coal for heating
Earth Day 2021 is dedicated to youth, education, cleanup actions
19 April 2021 - This year's Earth Day is about youth, environmental education and group efforts. Over two hundred tech companies committed to climate action
Activists gather at Ecological Uprising in front of Serbian parliament
12 April 2021 - Thousands of protesters from all over Serbia and the region came to the Ecological Uprising, demanding protection for the environment and public health
Location, location, location: How spatial planning can accelerate the renewable energy transition in Southeast Europe
09 April 2021 - Governments and renewable energy developers in Southeast Europe should work with environmental NGOs and local communities from the get-go, Željka Frištek and Dragana Mileusnić wrote