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Finance in focus: NGOs bring together industry and ministers to discuss the future of finance in the Baltic sea
20 October – Lübeck, Germany – In conjunction with the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting to adopt the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) , WWF along with Coalition…
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Political ambition and actions fall short in the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan
20 October – Lübeck, Germany – The updated plan to achieve a Good Environmental Status of the Baltic Sea lacks strong commitments to protect one of the…
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Letter from NGOs and scientists calls for Baltic Sea Ministers political commitment to take action for the Baltic Sea
Over the last year, HELCOM Contracting Parties have intensively revised the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) set to be adopted by all Baltic Sea countries and the…
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Restoring Baltic Sea can’t be delayed for another decade – political ambition must be raised by Baltic countries
June 7, 2021 –This year marks a milestone for the protection of the Baltic Sea. The…
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EU will propose new law to make nature restoration legally binding in the EU
Nature as we know it is heading towards extinction. And it’s because of human activity. Logging, intensive agriculture and overfishing have pushed one million animal and plant…
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Ambition, concrete actions and commitment: key elements to save the Baltic Sea
NGOs recommendations towards the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan 17 March 2021 – This year will mark a milestone for the protection of the…
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NGOs New Year’s “resolution list” to ensure Ministers deliver a future-proof plan to save the Baltic Sea
December 2020 – Another year has come and gone, and we, the Coalition Clean Baltic and WWF…
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#DrillingIsKilling: a citizen mobilization platform
Following the publication of the Manifesto “Toward an EU offshore drilling ban” on April 20nd 2020, CCB joins the second phase of
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NGOs Welcome EU Fisheries Ministers Setting More Baltic Fishing Limits In Line with Science – But Ecological Crisis Not Averted
Luxembourg, 20 October 2020:- Environmental NGOs this morning welcomed the decision of EU Fisheries Ministers to set Baltic fishing limits for 2021 in accordance with scientific advice…
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Lack of national political will is driving European seas to the brink
Today, the European Commission published a report assessing the progress with the implementation of the EU’s Marine Directive , adopted in 2008. The report comes…
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CCB joins the Surfrider Foundation Europe´s campaign #DrillingIsKilling
On the 20th of April 2010, the explosion of Deepwater Horizon, the deepest offshore oil platform, led…
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NGOs urge Baltic countries to speed up commitments to the Baltic Sea Action Plan
Helsinki, 3 March 2020 – This week at the HELCOM Stakeholder Conference and High-level Meeting , Coalition…
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The Baltic Shadow Plan: for the future of the Baltic Sea
This shadow plan presents NGO requests to HELCOM for the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) update.
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Blue Manifesto – The Roadmap to a Healthy Ocean in 2030
More than 100 environmental organisations, led by Seas At Risk, BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Surfrider Foundation Europe and WWF launched the “Blue Manifesto”. The rescue…
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Ten actions on our Christmas “wishlist” to ensure Ministers deliver a concrete plan to save the Baltic Sea
As the end of the year approaches, children and adults alike, will be writing their wish lists in the hopes that they might get a present on…
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Save #OurBlueLung – 20 measures for clean and healthy seas by 2020
With little more than a year until the deadline, all countries of the European Union are failing on their legal obligation to ‘take all necessary measures to achieve Good…
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CCB position on grey seals in the Baltic Sea
The grey seal count for 2017 in the Baltic Sea was above 30 000 individuals. According to the IUCN, the counted animals are thought to be 60-80% of the total…
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CCB supports the joint call on the European anti-fraud office to open a formal investigation about electric fishing
CCB has signed the joint formal request, lead by the Bloom Association, to the European Anti Freud Office (known as OLAF from the French “Office européen de lutte antifraude”)…
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CCB position on the Sweden approval for the Nord Stream II
On 7 June 2018, the Swedish Government has granted a permit to the Nord Stream 2 AG for laying two natural gas pipelines on the continental shelf within the…
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Nord Stream 2 considers route through nature reserve optimal
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology has provided its European counterparts with the report on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The document favours…
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Baltic-wide actions needed to reach SDG targets
Today, high-level representatives of the HELCOM Contracting Parties will meet in Helsinki to discuss regional Baltic Sea contribution to conservation and sustainable use of the seas and marine resources…
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Open letter to Russian authorities and HELCOM
Open letter addressing Russian authorities and HELCOM with regards to an alarming situation around Kurgalskiy Nature Reserve at the coastline of the Gulf of Finland. The letter addresses the situation,…
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Coalition of NGO demands effective measures to reach MFSD goals
A large coalition of NGOs including CCB has produced a statement with clear demands on improved commitment and ambition in Member States implementation of the MSFD. The final stages…
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CCB report on Baltic EU Member States implementation of MSFD
The MSFD is an important EU legislation for our seas. If fully and coherently implemented, MSFD can be a powerful tool to monitor and improve EU seas and the…
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Development of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) policy
The implementation of the MSFD is on-going. In July 2012, EU Member States are supposed to present their plans with: -Initial assessment of the marine environment and whether…
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Lomonosov town – pearl at the sea shore or port and industrial zone?
Coastal residents who care about the town and the Gulf of Finland visited the Friends of the Baltic information action within the Oranienbaum Marine Festival, dedicated to the…
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CCB Annual Conference Baltic 2011 on Sustainable Coastal Development & CCB Extra Ordinary General Meeting, 6-8 May 2011, in Jurmala, Latvia
The CCB Annual Conference Baltic 2011 and CCB Extra Ordinary General Meeting was held in Jurmala, Latvia, between 6-8 May. We now have the pleasure to invite you to…
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CCB Water Seminar on sustainable water management in River Basin Management Plans, 18-20 November 2009, Gdynia, Poland
CCB organised together with Global Water Partnership PL and POMCERT Gdynia, a Water Seminar on sustainable water management in River Basin Management Plans in the Baltic Sea Region.
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Russian shipyard planned in Gulf of Finland close to RAMSAR area
Russia is planning for a new shipyard in Primorsk, Gulf of Finland. The planned localization will be close to the Russian RAMSAR site “Birch Islands”, an area most…
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Environmental Degradation of Russian Coastal Regions: The Case of the Gulf of Finland
The authors, Trumbull and Bodrov, devote particular attention to two major developments, a multifunctional port complex and expansion of an existing nuclear power plant. Based on extensive personal…
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Public Hearings on the Russian part of the Nord-stream project
Press release about the Public Hearings on the Russian part of the Nord-stream project – 122 km of gas pipe-line in the Gulf of Finland, 23 November 2007, Vyborg,…
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