Croatia

The city of Sisak agreed to serve as a pilot site. In two years, 24 demonstration projects cut energy consumption by 13 percent and saved the city budget $220,000 per year. The Sisak pilot also eliminated 780 tons of carbon emissions in 2010. © Gordana G. Gerber
07 November 2011

Croatia: ‘Going green with Gašpar’

The Croatian government has managed to win popular support for greening projects by putting its own house in order first.

Topics: Environment, Croatia , Energy efficiency, Environmental policy, Climate change, Sustainability and equity

A man displaying a fragment of a mortar shell. Despite the horrific legacies left by the Balkan wars of the 1990s, citizens in three out of four Western Balkans countries today perceive socio-economic factors as the chief threats to social cohesion. © OSCE/Marko Georgiev
09 March 2010

Measuring quality of life and social exclusion in the Western Balkans

This article describes how methodology from the European ‘Quality of Life’ survey has been used to measure social exclusion in the new EU member states and the candidate countries. These results indicate that, in most of the...

Topics: Poverty, Social inclusion, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria , Croatia , Hungary , Montenegro , The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Poverty Reduction , Employment, Global economic crisis, Data, Social policies, Income inequality, Policy development, Western Balkans, Quality of life, EU accession

Spinning their wheels? Rural enterprises in Croatia are not preparing for the adoption of the EU’s acquis communautaire. © Renaude Hatsedakis

Rural Businesses in Croatia and EU Accession: Lagging or Leading?¹

There is little evidence to support the view that rural enterprises are systematically and consistently disadvantaged compared with urban businesses.

Topics: Rural development, Food security, Croatia , Rural Development and Food Security, Poverty Reduction , EU accession, Information and communication technology

GHG emissions generated by Croatian agriculture and related activities are responsible for 18 percent of all anthropogenic GHG emissions in Croatia. © Panos Pictures

Climate Change, Agriculture, and Development in Croatia

Policy makers must reconcile Croatia’s international obligations for emissions reductions with the economic growth the country needs to converge towards EU living standards.

Topics: Energy, Climate change, Croatia , Environment & Energy, EU accession, Greenhouse gas, Climate change mitigation, Agriculture, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon finance, Climate change