Renewables readiness assessment: Albania
The Republic of Albania has one of the highest shares of renewable energy in South East Europe. Hydropower accounts for the largest share of the country's electricity generation, representing around 95%
Albania
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Millions of poor uprooted by World Bank-funded projects- journalists
More than three million of the world's poorest people have been forced from their homes, land and jobs over the past decade by World Bank-funded projects, an investigation showed on Thursday as the global
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Flash floods hit Greece, Albania, force evacuations
Flash floods caused by heavy rain have hit northwestern Greece and southern Albania, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers Sunday and destroying a famous 18th-century stone bridge. No casualties
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Tirana fights to beat its addiction to cars and get its residents cycling
The Albanian capital, one of the most polluted in Europe, is struggling to shake off the bicycle's 'communist' image In 1991, as communism was falling in Albania, 300,000 people poured into Tirana’s
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World Bank Approves $85 Million Albanian Water-Project Loan
The World Bank has approved a loan to improve water quality and boost waste-water services in and around Albania’s second-biggest city and primary port Durres, on the country’s west coast. The bank’s
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Black Sea, southeast European nations pledge emissions cut by 2027
Nine countries in the Black Sea region and southeast Europe agreed on Thursday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in large power plants and oil refineries by 2027 as part of plans to forge closer ties
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Reformed U.N. formula for making planet greener to get first test
A new United Nations plan to involve all nations in marshalling science to fix environmental problems ranging from toxic chemicals to climate change will be put to the test from Monday at talks in Nairobi.
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UN plans new formula to turn planet greener
A new United Nations plan to involve all nations in marshalling science to fix environmental problems ranging from toxic chemicals to climate change will be put to the test from Monday at talks in Nairobi. The 40-year-old UN Environment Programme will open its annual governing council to all the world’s almost 200 nations, up from a current group of 58, under reforms aimed at making the world economy greener at a time of weak economic growth.
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Anti-soil erosion practices - women farmers actions
Through Climate Change: Farmers
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The future of the Mediterranean: from impacts of climate change to adaptation issues
This report aims to provide a general framework for the implementation of adaptation in the Mediterranean context, based on a number of important clarifications and accompanied by operational recommendations. In the first part the scientific basis of the study will be set, notably from the works of the IPCC.
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Europe bank aids Albania's waste paper recycling efforts
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will invest in Albania's only paper firm to help it produce recycled paper and set up waste paper recycling networks, the EBRD said on Wednesday. Dan Berg, the EBRD's Albania head, said the investment would create a precedent with environmentally friendly production backed by an organized collection and recycling network.