Category: Thematic Issues

We are told that the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a catastrophically dangerous level, and we must do something to reduce it. This simple chart is something that should remain indelibly in everyone’s mind, so that it is understood how much CO2 is really ‘up there’. The current level of CO2 in the… Continue reading Total atmospheric carbon dioxide content

During the period 2000-2018, over 100 nature areas were taken under legal protection and many more were proposed for protection. Among the protected areas should be singled out: National Park “Cursed Mountains” (2013) and Wetland of Henc – Radeva, while the other majority are natural monuments of botanical, hydrological, geomorphological, etc. During the period 2015-2019… Continue reading Indicators of protected areas

The European Commission report states that this year, too, the Kosovo authorities have failed to adopt and implement measures to improve air quality, concluding that this failure poses a major threat to the health of the population. Although Kosovo is in dire need of environmental investment as it today faces uncontrolled pollution from obsolete power… Continue reading Ecological tax that never contributed to the environment

The Institute for Development Policy (INDEP), held today, on November 18, 2020, the roundtable “Green Deal for the Balkans and the National Energy and Climate Plan”, moderated by Dardan Abazi, Senior Researcher and Program Director at INDEP and with panellists Luan Morina, Head of the Department of Energy at MEE, and Fisnik Osmani, Advisor to… Continue reading INDEP held the Virtual Roundtable “Green Deal for the Balkans and the National Energy and Climate Plan”

Natural resources such as food, drinking water and air and flood protection have already been significantly damaged by human actions. Up to one-fifth of the world’s countries are threatened with ecosystem collapse due to the destruction of wildlife and wildlife habitats, according to an analysis by Swiss experts. Natural resources such as food, drinking water… Continue reading Biodiversity threatened in one-fifth of the world’s countries