Although accelerating the rollout of renewable energy is welcome and necessary, it mustn’t hamper biodiversity protection. Moreover, the principles of the energy transition must be fair and democratic,...
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Read an article in Estonian about the just transition progress in Ida-Virumaa after the approval of the Territorial Just Transition Plan. Õlitehase ehituse lõpuleviimine mõjutab oluliselt Ida-Virumaa püüdlusi...
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Ensuring a just transition is a core political demand of the climate and labour movements. A green transition that leaves entire communities behind is no true green transition...
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The lengthy process of drafting Territorial Just Transition Plans over the course of almost two years is finally coming to an end. Currently, the European Commission’s map of...
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On 4 October 2022, the European Commission officially approved Estonia’s Territorial Just Transition Plan (TJTP) – in total, EUR 354 million will be invested in Ida-Virumaa, Estonia’s most...
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The briefing, the sixth in our series on the Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTPs), provides an overview of the progress on TJTPs in seven CEE countries: Bulgaria, the Czech...
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By Madis Vasser May 7 was indeed a Friday for Future in Estonia, as a district court suspended the construction permit for a shale oil plant issued previously...
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By Madis Vasser Together with a group of other environmental groups in the country, Bankwatch member group Estonian Green Movement (EGM) has published an Energy Vision for Estonia,...
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The Energy Vision of the environmental associations created by the initiative of the Estonian Green Movement (EGM) sets out the goals and solutions which Estonia must strive for...
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by Silver Sillak People in Ida-Virumaa, the Estonian region currently transitioning away from shale oil dependency, have been experimenting with ‘policy co-design’ as a way to come up...
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