Slovak local, regional and national authorities have started working on an Action Plan for the post-coal development of the Upper Nitra region, Slovakia’s mining area and one of...
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Coal accounts for about a quarter of energy produced in Romania, which is a net electricity exporter. Compared to countries like Poland where coal dependency is much higher,...
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Text by Edouard Morena Photo by Berber Verpoest The post-COP21 context was marked by the proliferation of references to the Just Transition (JT) in policy circles, among NGOs,...
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Text by Claudia Ciobanu All photos by Berber Verpoest The Dutch government promised a coal phaseout by 2030. But unions worry coal workers might get a raw deal....
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Interview with Patrick van Klink (the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions, FNV) and Willem Wiskerke (climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace Netherlands)
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Text by Claudia Ciobanu All photos by Berber Verpoest Genk, Belgium – Situated on the old site of the Waterschei mine in the city of Genk, northeast Belgium,...
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The Slovak Minister of Environment László Sólymos announced a phaseout of coal mining in Slovakia and an end to burning coal in the Novaky power plant by 2023...
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On Monday 11 December Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the Energy Union, Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy and Corina...
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Photo by Berber Verpoest At last, the investment tanker is turning. Trillions of dollars in investment funds are now backing a rapid shift to a zero-carbon economy. The...
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One of the positive outcomes of the debate about Europe’s Energy Union was an increased attention to the issue of Just Transition. Even more promising is that the...
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