The Czech government has recently started discussing the establishment of a coal commission similar to Germany’s. While the thought is new and details are still unknown, green NGOs...
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Bankwatch Romania and Greenpeace Romania organised this month at Petroșani University a meeting to facilitate a conversation between European Commission representatives and local authorities, civil society organisations, trade...
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Just Transition is doable and remains the only realistic option for coal regions in Europe. That was one of the main conclusions of Europe Beyond Coal meeting which...
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Multi-stakeholder commissions can play a role in shaping sectoral transitions, but they are not a silver bullet to unlock transformative change, write Rebekka Popp and Alexander Reitzenstein based...
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The Polish hosts of the latest UN climate change conference, in December 2018, courted controversy by making a ‘just transition’ away from coal a major theme of the...
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In its national energy and climate plan (NECP)* submitted to the European Commission, Bulgaria is one of the least ambitious countries, even compared to the rest of the...
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Romania’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) contains dodgy maths that seems to imply the country will retire 2.2 GW of coal by the end of 2019, according...
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A fair transformation does not mean that projects of big companies are preferred. It is important to secure the participation of smaller entrepreneurs and stakeholders, writes LENKA ILČÍKOVÁ...
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Representatives of the local community endorsed in February a set of recommendations proposed by Priatelia ZEME – CEPA and CEE Bankwatch to feed into the Just Transition debate...
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The final report of Germany’s coal exit commission sets out a pathway for the country to phase out the fossil power source and make progress on its slow...
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