Clean Air Regions Initiative

On the occasion of the Energy Community Just Transition Forum, 9 Western Balkan municipalities (municipalities of Banovi?i, Kakanj, Lukavac, Maglaj and Tuzla from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pljevlja from Montenegro, Bitola from North Macedonia and Niš and Novi Sad from Serbia) came together virtually to sign a declaration launching the Clean Air Regions Initiative (CARI). By signing the declaration mayors of the nine participating municipalities committed to undertake voluntary measures aimed to reduce air pollution in their municipalities. CARI is an initiative launched by the Vienna-based Energy Community Secretariat and supported by the Hungarian Western Balkans Green Center (WBGC). The initiative focuses on the most critical sources of pollution such as domestic heating, industry and traffic.