Learning about solar power, together with Slovak scouts
August 27, 2021author: Mária Balková Start a fire, set up a tent and find a plug for the refrigerator. In the forest. Scouts will teach you all this and they...
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Polish miners do have prospects for employment after coal – new research
August 17, 2021by Alina Pogoda, Polish Green Network The latest report of the Polish Institute for Structural Research predicts such a level of labour shortages in the next years in...
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How to cultivate Just transition in the Central and Eastern Europe? Recommendations for policy makers and NGOs
August 4, 2021by Kristina Zindulková The international workshop Cultivating Just Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, held online on May 2021, brought together initiatives from the region to share their...
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Territorial Just Transition Plan for the Czech Karlovy Vary region finally opened for public participation
July 16, 2021by Václava Marková (Centre for Transport and Energy) At the beginning of June, the Territorial Just Transition Plan for the Karlovy Vary region was finally presented to the...
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What are the new just transition opportunities for the Western Balkans and Ukraine?
July 14, 2021by Victoria Shevchuk June 2021 was a historic month for just transition in the Western Balkans: North Macedonia announced a coal phase-out date, one of the first among...
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How are CEE countries doing on creating Territorial Just Transition Plans?
July 9, 2021by Anelia Stefanova Bankwatch has just published a third assessment of the Territorial Just Transition Plan writing process in seven countries in the CEE region, finding limited progress...
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Listen to the young when planning for just transition, say Slovakian students
June 17, 2021By Jana Magdolenová and Mária Balková The young generation will be most affected by how just transition plays out in Upper Nitra and other coal regions around the...
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Romanian government’s coal phaseout blabber
June 16, 2021by Dan Dobre and Raluca Petcu (Bankwatch Romania) If official communication about the coal phaseout is any indication about how proper the process will be, we have reason...
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Bitola’s Green Market Captures the Sun
June 8, 2021by Rosa Hergan Bitola’s green market, “Pazari”, is going down in history as the first public complex to run on clean energy in the coal-dependent municipality.
Lenka Ilcikova gets “Angel of Prievidza” award for her work on just transition
June 8, 2021Around Bankwatch, we’ve known for a long time Lenka Ilcikova is an angel, but here it is, official now: authorities of Prievidza have awarded Lenka, a just transition...
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