03/03/2021
A petition signed by thousands of people and a final to the Prime Minister from 29 environmental organizations for the withdrawal of article 219 of the bill by the Ministry of Development and Investments.
02/03/2021
There is growing pressure on the article 219 of the bill of the Ministry of Development and Investment. A most important development is the announcement by the Nature 2000 Committee, the central scientific advisory body on biodiversity conservation in Greece, calling on the withdrawal of the article, that was issued yesterday. The announcement came after an urgent appeal by 23 NGOs, including the Green Tank, that was handed to the new Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, who addressed a greeting to
24/02/2021
A letter to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Czech government ministers was co-signed by Green Tank along with 16 other environmental organizations and think tanks participating in the Europe Beyond Coal campaign, calling for a coal phase out before the decade expires.
11/02/2021
An extended presentation of the provisions of the EU climate law, the developments so far and the opinions of all interested parties are presented in the Policy Brief presented by The Green Tank.
23/12/2020
The main characteristics, the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the main electricity storage technologies, as well as the opportunities for their financing through the new EU budget are presented in the new technology review by The Green Tank.
10/12/2020
The Green Tank co-signed the joint press release and the complaint submitted to the relevant authorities regarding the incident of wheeled vehicles on the sand dunes of the Natura 2000 site in Elafonisos, in Southern Greece that was broadcast to the TV show “Greece’s Next Top Model (GNTM) 3”.
09/12/2020
To what extent has Greece responded to its biodiversity commitments? The new report titled «Priority to nature: As assessment of the implementation of Greece’s National Biodiversity Strategy” which was launched today by the environmental think tank, the Green Tank assess the implementation of Greece’s National Biodiversity Strategy and its first Action Plan.
13/10/2020
The Green Tank submitted comments and specific recommendations to the public consultation on the Master Plan for the transition of Greece’s lignite regions to the post-lignite period.
14/09/2020
The Green Tank and ClientEarth, an organization of environment lawyers, filed today an appeal against the environmental permit of the new, under construction ignite power plant “Ptolemaida 5”.
28/07/2020
The policy developments surrounding Just Transition in Greece and Europe from 2015 to date, the conclusions drawn and the challenges for the future, as well as recommendations on how to address them are documented in a new report published today by the environmental think tank, the Green Tank.