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The OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducted a training for Kyrgyz judges as part of its project on promoting environmental security through dialogue and enhanced disaster risk reduction. The concrete aim of…

A round table, where experts discuss the causes of veto laws regarding environmental assessment, will be held on 4th November 2016 at the press centre of the Gorshenin Institute. The discussion is…

The German state parliament in Düsseldorf is currently discussing the reconstruction of the A1-motorway over the Rhine. As many residents in the area prefer to build a tunnel rather than a bridge on…

Germany likes to see itself as a pioneer in environmental protection. However, in the implementation of European environmental requirements, Berlin is in no way an example. The European Commission…

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko vetoed a bill which is supposed to establish legal and organisational arrangements of environmental impact assessment, ensuring Ukraine’s compliance with the…

I remember in 1985 when I was 19 years old and read a new Danish book called “Handbook for Bush Sneakers” (translated literally). It described how as an environmental activist you could sneak around…

The European Commission has to justify the secret revolving around its analysis of the Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) system’s legality before the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The…

The Maltese Nationalist Party has accused the Environment and Resources Authority of intentionally blocking the process of a serious and effective public consultation regarding the Integrated…

While activities which have an effect on the environment, like the building of industrial plants, are protected through subjective rights and legally enforceable, equivalent rights for nature are…

A recent study on the occasion of the Austrian Green Party’s 30th anniversary found that the majority of eligible voters would like them to focus more on environmental protection. Indeed, green…