Counter Balance

Originally published on taz.de Die Kampagne „Fossil Free EIB“ will, dass die Europäische Investitionsbank für fossile Energieprojekte keine Kredite mehr vergibt. Vor allem nicht für Gas. BERLIN taz | Mehrere Nichtregierungsorganisationen haben vor kurzem die Kampagne „Fossil Free EIB“ gestartet. Ihr Ziel: Die Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB) soll künftig keine Projekte mit fossilen Brennstoffen wie Kohle, Öl und Gas finanzieren. […]

PRESS RELEASE CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance, Friends of the Earth Europe, Re:Common February 7, 2019 Brussels In a complaint lodged today with the European Investment Bank (EIB), civil society groups protest that the bank systematically underestimated the climate footprint of a fossil fuel mega project, the Southern Gas Corridor, which helped justify providing it […]

Brussels, 4 February 2019 Civil society calls on European Investment Bank (EIB)’s President Werner Hoyer to take a bold stance in the fight against climate change and lead the bank out of fossil fuels by shifting its investments towards renewable energy and energy efficiency. The  “Fossil Free EIB” campaign has been launched today alongside a […]

Online media briefing: Friday, January 25, 11:00am-12:00 noon CET Join via this link: https://zoom.us/j/429943878 Next week, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will be holding its annual press conference where President Werner Hoyer is expected to give an overview of the bank’s performance over the past year and its outlook for 2019. Reflecting on the EIB’s investments in the […]

Strasbourg/Brussels, 16 January 2019 Today the European Parliament took a disappointing stance on climate when voting to approve the establishment of InvestEU, the EU’s financing tool to attract private investments – say NGO groups CEE Bankwatch Network, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, WWF European Policy Office, and Counter Balance.  The approved investment package keeps the […]

Strasbourg / Brussels, 13 December 2018 As governments discuss how to implement the Paris Climate Agreement at the COP24 in Katowice, today the Budget and Economic Affairs committees of the European Parliament failed to prevent further public investments in fossil fuels under InvestEU, the EU’s financing tool to attract private investments – say NGOs group […]