How Plastic is Infiltrating the World’s Soils
The images are sobering: dead sea birds and choking turtles caught in the plastic that is increasingly flooding into marine ecosystems. In many parts of the world, this type of plastic pollution has grabbed headlines. Yet there’s a similar environmental blight…
Study Paves way to Better Understand Causes of Energy Poverty and Proposes Policies for its Mitigation in the Energy Community
The Secretariat published a study on addressing energy poverty in the Energy Community Contracting Parties. The study estimates the number of energy poor households, analyses the legal frameworks for the protection of vulnerable and energy poor consumers and investigates the…
EBRD invests in Noval Property’s debut green bond in Greece
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has successfully participated in a debut green bond issuance by Noval Property in Greece, with an investment of 12 million euros of the total 120 million euros offering. Noval Property is the second-largest real estate…
COP26 Climate Pledges Could Help Limit Global Warming to 1.8 °C, but Implementing Them Will Be the Key
At the COP26 Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow, a key question is what do all the new pledges by different countries to reduce emissions mean for global warming? This was a central question we addressed in the IEA’s…
The True Cost of Black Friday
The end of the year is near: a change in seasons and celebrations of traditional holidays around the world. For many, that means an increase in consumption habits. Big brands sit back and wait for consumers to think they are…
EU for Natura 2000 in Serbia
The EU for Natura 2000 project has reached the end of its implementation. After two and a half years, numerous results and products have been achieved. The “EU for Natura 2000 in Serbia” project started in May 2019, with the…
Renewable Electricity Growth is Accelerating Faster than Ever Worldwide, Supporting the Emergence of the New Global Energy Economy
The growth of the world’s capacity to generate electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable technologies is on course to accelerate over the coming years, with 2021 expected to set a fresh all-time record for new installations, the IEA…