Bosnia and Herzegovina archive

Renewable energy permitting in Bosnia and Herzegovina: how to optimise the process while safeguarding the environment and public participation

July 25, 2023

, Pippa Gallop (CEE Bankwatch)

Investors complain about excessive administrative requirements to build wind farms, but the poorly-controlled proliferation of hydropower plants indicates a dearth of environmental and social safeguards. How can sustainable...

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s draft NECP: The good, the bad and the ugly

July 21, 2023

, Pippa Gallop (CEE Bankwatch)

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s draft NECP finally looks to the future, plans no new fossil fuel power plants and significantly scales back unrealistic hydropower plans. But existing coal plants...

Documentary screening breaks the ice on just transition in a coal affected community in Bosnia and Herzegovina

November 25, 2021

, Just Transition

by Victoria Shevchuk Why do most here see the just transition as threat to their well-being? The coal industry is the definition of stability for those who were...