In Central and Eastern Europe, politics stifles private investment in energy and hinders the fight against climate change

Current energy policies are not harnessing the full potential of private sector actors – investors, businesses and consumers – to effectively tackle climate change in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a major new report from the Consortium of Seven Free Markets. think tanks from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine. (Craig Turp-Balazs, more at emerging-europe.com)