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This report by Sandbag assesses the 2017 Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) deal, which sets emission reduction targets for non-ETS sectors in the EU for 2021-2030. The authors argue that the current -30% target is insufficient for Paris Agreement goals and advocate for project-based cooperation between Member States to achieve reductions cost-effectively and avoid carbon lock-in in lower-income countries.

This fact sheet by Friends of the Earth International critiques the environmental policies and practices of the European Investment Bank (EIB), arguing that there is a significant gap between the Bank's official rhetoric on sustainable development and its actual investment activities.

This 2020 report by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes Green Public Procurement (GPP) in Estonia and Europe. It defines GPP as a subset of sustainable procurement focusing on life-cycle environmental impacts. Finding that GPP represented only 3% of Estonian procurements in 2018, the report provides legal analysis, comparisons with countries like Austria, Bulgaria, and Spain, and detailed technical GPP criteria for products such as sanitary faucets, toilets, and urinals to encourage wider adoption.

This report provides a regional summary of the capacity and needs of six Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to implement national systems for inventories and Kyoto Mechanisms to comply with the Kyoto Protocol.

This report by the World Resources Institute examines electricity sector reforms across six countries, arguing that these reforms are fundamentally issues of sustainable development. It finds that current reforms are primarily driven by financial concerns and donor conditions rather than social or environmental benefits.