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The tree-planting started last week with lime trees in Podgorica in Montenegro and white pine in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the coming weeks the campaign will continue in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GEFF is supported by the EBRD and co-financed through the EU-supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbif.eu\/project\/PRJ-MULTI-ENE-011\">\u201cRegional Energy Efficiency Programme\u201d<\/a>\u00a0WBIF project and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance. It has supported over 9,000 households in the region to improve energy efficiency over the past four years with investments including new windows, insulation, and heat pumps. 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