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Time for a change-Role of environmental NGOs and regional cooperation in South East Europe transition towards sustainable energy sectors

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Time for a change-Role of environmental NGOs and regional cooperation in
South East Europe transition towards sustainable energy sectors


Publisher: Zelena Akcija, Croatia

Date: 2011

Volume: 18 pages, pdf


Description

The winter 2008/09 collapse in natural gas supplies and the new EU climate and energy legislation package, with its goal of achieving a 20 percent increase in share of renewable and energy efficiency by 2020, have brought new urgency to the need for action in the power and transport sectors in South East Europe (SEE). There is a great need for determined and comprehensive policies and implementation measures for energy efficiency and the substitution of fossil fuels with local renewable energy resources in the region.
Unfortunately national governments are still focused on the construction of new generation capacity in traditional technologies – mainly coal and large hydropower, which both have serious environmental impacts.