Despite significant advancements that took place since the establishment of air quality monitoring stations and public information systems in the region's states, the quality and amount of data have yet to reach satisfactory levels, and the official results need to be much more publicly available and clear. Public pressure remains a crucial factor in improving the monitoring systems and fulfilling one's right to be informed about the pollution levels.

Belgrade Open School with pleasure announce list of selected project proposals for support in the Civil Society Support Program for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of local communities – Green PowerUp.

Population exposed to polluted air is less resistant to COVID‐19, and air pollution can lead to aggravation of coronavirus symptoms, as shown by the research conducted since the beginningof the pandemic.

Air pollution in the Western Balkans causes 30,000 premature deaths a year, the European Environment Agency estimates. Inhaling polluted air leads to increased mortality, shortened life expectancy and an increase in the number of chronic diseases, while the health costs paid by the citizens of the Western Balkans are rising. Reducing air pollution is a public health measure that would directly increase citizens’ quality of life and health, and indirectly reduce mortality rates.

Air pollution is among the causes of increased infertility and growing sterility rates in women and men across the Western Balkans. It particularly affects women living in polluted areas, since poor air quality may cause a reduced number of healthy egg cells and thus decrease fertility rates, also lowering in vitro fertilization success rates. Long-term exposure to polluted air in the Western Balkans can decrease female fertility by more than 10 percent; periods of high pollution levels reduce c

After a two-year standstill, European integration has moved from a dead end. At the Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels on December 14, Serbia opened Cluster 4, which refers to the Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity.

Apply for the Green PowerUp – Civil Society Support Program for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of Local Communities and become part of an incubator where we will work together on developing and realization of green project ideas that will improve the quality of life in your communities.

On December 16, the Belgrade Open School, with the support of partners within the Platform "SDGs for All", organized a Regional Conference "Cooperation to Sustainable Development at the Local Level - Bor, Zajecar and Knjazevac". The aim of the conference was to promote regional cooperation in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and regional development at the local level.

Belgrade Open School is organizing an online regional conference "Cooperation to sustainable development at the local level - Bor, Zajecar and Knjazevac", December 16th at 11:00 AM.

Coalition 27 assessed that Serbia faces serious work in the environmental area after the opening of the negotiation Chapter 27, as well as that this move forward is not justified by the results of the Government of Serbia so far.

The Coalition 27 will hold a press conference at the Media Center on 14 December to mark the opening of Cluster 4, which negotiating Chapter 27 – environment and climate change is a part of.

Coal combustion is the biggest individual air pollution source in the Western Balkans, with thermal power plants leading the way. Companies that run them and the states in the region do not adhere to the laws on harmful gas emissions. The same applies for other large combustion plants – industrial plants with the largest energy consumption which, besides electricity production, are mainly responsible for pollution. A continued use of coal-fired thermal power plants will make it impossible

In order to raise awareness of the importance of this global problem, every year in November World Climate Change Day is celebrated. This year's celebration of this day is especially important, because the European Union's service for monitoring climate change, Copernicus, recently announced that the average temperatures last summer in Europe were the highest ever measured. Also, the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) was held in Glasgow, at which the countries of

A total of 400 tree trees were planted in several cities in the region as part of this year’s "Trees of Friendship" action, which was jointly implemented by European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and its local partners.