just-transition.info has asked all groups in the European Parliament for their position on Just Transition. We will publish these responses in the order we get them (whether the...
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Will it deliver for the local communities?
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The shift from coal to a low-emission or zero-emission economy is now an inevitable reality due to recent changes in European environmental legislation (ETS reform, Industrial Emissions Directive,...
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Most of Europe has started phasing coal out of its power sector, but Balkan politicians persistently claim that building new coal plants will bring jobs in the lignite...
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In his recent think piece published in the Just Transition(s) Online Forum, Tadzio Müller questions the “pitfalls” of the Just Transition narrative and argues that it risks wasting...
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The closure of the largest underground mine in Bulgaria, Bobov Dol in the southwest of the country, means Bulgarian authorities are finally forced to think about Just Transition....
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At the end of May, a group of Polish, Slovak, Hungarian and Bulgarian visitors – mayors, local government bureaucrats, NGO members and trade unionists – came to the...
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In the Trencin region in Slovakia, the selection of projects to be supported via the Platform is until now circumventing the participatory process that was initiated by local...
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Poland’s national-level pre-selection of projects under the Commission’s Platform for Coal Regions in Transition does not seem to fit into the Partnership Principle architecture. During the initial phase...
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The last few years have witnessed a growing number of calls and actions around the world urging leaders and investors to engage into the path of energy transition,...
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