News Archive
12 October 2023 | News
Bregu: Supporting cities in accelerating their transition to environmentally-friendly & digitally advanced urban environments is imperative
Tirana – The first Local Self-Governments Forum, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the Municipality of Tirana and the Network of Association of Local Authorities of South East Europe (NALAS), opened in Tirana today.
30 March 2023 | News
Bregu: Region should remain steadfast on sustainable, green transition and decarbonisation path
“The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans is a dynamic and evolving initiative that, like a living organism, requires collective efforts of both the governmental and non-governmental sectors to nurture, grow and shape towards a sustainable plan for the future. In a developing region, such as ours, the concerns are related to daily life, and this makes it more difficult to think about ...
22 May 2020 | News
Green Agenda and Biological Biodiversity for the Western Balkans as important as all other Development Agendas
Sarajevo/Belgrade – “All economic and social development agendas, crucial for the development of our region and its EU-accession journey have to be accompanied by the equal efforts of environment protection and climate change responses. Biodiversity, in that context, is high on the list of priorities as endangering the other species makes us, humans, highly vulnerable as well. ...
21 November 2018 | News
Svilanovic: Western Balkans should work on preserving its environment and address climate change, regardless of its EU accession process
Skopje – Western Balkans ministers in charge of the environment called for further strengthening of synergies and regional cooperation for the implementation of the environment and climate change priorities in the region, in line with the EU acquis, as well as supported mainstreaming of environment, climate and sustainable development objectives in all policy areas, enhancing cross-sector ...
06 June 2018 | News
RCC publishes Study on Climate Change in the Western Balkans: Alarming increase of temperature over the whole territory
Sarajevo – Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) published a Study on climate change in the Western Balkans, showing alarming increase of temperature over the whole territory, with observed temperature increase of 1.2ºC in the near future, destined to warm further by 1.7 – 4.0°C and even exceeding 5.0°C by the end of the century, depending on the global effort in greenhouse gasses ...
30 May 2018 | News
Climate Change Discussed at the meeting of the Regional Working Group on Environment
Skopje - Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning hosted the 7th meeting of the Regional Working Group on Environment (RWG Env) in Skopje, today.
17 November 2017 | News
Bonn: Western Balkans reaffirms its strong commitment to regional cooperation in addressing environmental and climate challenges
Bonn – Western Balkans authorities in charge of the environmental and climate change gathered at high-level panel in Bonn, Germany today, voicing strong commitment to joint regional action in responding to environmental and climate challenges. The event was organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia.
20 June 2017 | News
Regional efforts in combating climate challenges discussed at the 5th meeting of the Regional Working Group on Environment
Belgrade – Regional Group on Environment (RWG Env) met for the fifth time in Belgrade today to discuss current environmental challenges and actions forward.
19 May 2015 | News
RCC helps establish the Regional Working Group on Environment
Podgorica/Sarajevo, 18 May 2015 - The inaugural meeting of the Regional Working Group on Environment was held in Podgorica last week (May 14th ) under the auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council.