United against plastic pollution: most important climate deal since the Paris Agreement
Pollution from plastics has reached epidemic proportions, officials said. Representatives of 175 countries adopted a resolution at the UN to end plastic pollution and to draft an international, legally binding agreement by 2024 at the latest. The resolution covers the production, design, and disposal – the entire life cycle – of plastics. The Fifth UN […]
Bulgaria could warm by 4.4 °C by 2100, lose 20% of precipitation
Bulgaria is severely affected by climate change, WWF and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation said, warning the temperature rise could reach 4.4 degrees by 2100
Energy coops offer solid returns for investments in small solar power plants
Energy communities have photovoltaic projects in which people can safely invest very small amounts and still get relatively high profits
RERI to start collecting signatures for referendum on waters
The Serbian parliament has approved controversial changes to the Water Law, introducing no-bid agreements for the lease of public waterside land despite opposition from non-governmental organizations.
Dance for our planet during Earth Hour 2021 on March 27
As people, cities and companies are preparing to mark Earth Hour 2021 by turning off the lights, WWF Adria launched a music video by Lejla Hot to get everyone in the Balkans and beyond to dance away the apocalyptic news. The World Wide Fund for Nature – WWF scheduled its annual Earth Hour event for […]
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 […]
Dubrovnik to abolish single-use plastics by 2030
The City of Dubrovnik has committed itself to reducing its environmental footprint by eliminating single-use plastics as well as preventing the influx of plastic into nature by 2030. In the next two years alone, the city plans to reduce plastic pollution by 30%. About 400,000 tons of plastic waste is generated in Croatia every year, […]
Environmental organizations’ appeal to Vučić, Brnabić: Accelerate shift to climate neutral economy
Nine environmental civil society organizations have asked the Serbian authorities to postpone any decision making that is not immediately relevant to the health of the people and proposed to accelerate the shift towards an economy that is climate neutral, protects nature, health and wellbeing, and lets nothing go to waste. An appeal to the President […]
