BAZ county still waiting for just transition
May 24, 2019Many in Borsod still do not comprehend the opportunities associated with a just transition – a regional stakeholder forum taking place in the last days of April set...
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Donetsk mayors unite for Just Transition
May 24, 2019On May 21st, representatives of the coal mining towns of Donetsk region signed a Memorandum of Partnership and the establishment of a Platform for Sustainable Development. The document...
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Will Czechia have a coal commission like Germany’s?
May 15, 2019The 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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The implementation of a just transition, planned in Petroșani
April 16, 2019Bankwatch 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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Activists offer solidarity to villagers from coal village Anargyroi, Greece
April 5, 2019Just 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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A role model for European coal phase out? Five lessons from the German Coal Commission
April 4, 2019Multi-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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Australia: caught between a ‘just transition’ and ‘no transition’
April 4, 2019The 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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Bulgaria choses coal over ambition on renewables
March 21, 2019In 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 dodgy math: will the country retire 2.2 GW of coal by the end of 2019?
March 21, 2019Romania’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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Slovakia: Public excluded from government call for projects to tranform Upper Nitra
March 11, 2019A 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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