08/02/12
A captive Commission – the role of the financial industry in shaping EU regulation
The vast majority of financial ‘experts’ advising the European Commission represent the banks and investors responsible for the global economic crisis …
08/02/12
Gone to Waste: The valuable resources that European countries bury and burn
Despite progress in recent years countries across the European Union (EU), including the United Kingdom (UK), are continuing to dispose of significant …
08/02/12
Is world trade law a barrier to saving our climate?
Is the World Trade Organisation blocking progress in the fight against climate change? This is the question at the origin of this legal analysis. Poli …
08/02/12
EU Funds in Central and Eastern Europe: Roadmap to sustainability or dead-end investments?
This map presents environmentally and socially harmful projects being supported by EU Cohesion Policy Funds. It shows 33 harmful projects in Central a …
07/02/12
Cashing-in on tar sands – RBS, UK Banks and Canada’s ‘blood oil’
This report summarises some of the main problems witnessed with tar sands extraction in Canada and presents evidence about the impacts of tar sands ex …
07/02/12
Potential unfulfilled: EU funding and Cohesion policy can do more for sustainable climate and energy development in central and eastern Europe
As this report on EU budget spending in central and eastern Europe shows, there is still a vast gap between intentions to achieve positive climate obj …
