Will the miners of Malopolska be left in the lurch?
March 30, 2021by Alina Pogoda (Polish Green Network) 4,500 people from the Malopolska region work in hard coal mining in Silesia. When the mines close there, the miners in Malopolska...
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Poland’s 2040 energy strategy: More coal, as ever
March 24, 2021by Alina Pogoda (Polish Green Network) At the beginning of February 2021, the Polish government adopted a resolution on the Energy Policy of Poland until 2040 (PEP2040). The...
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Poland may irretrievably lose half of its funds for a just transition
March 23, 2021by Alina Pogoda (Polish Green Network) Access to half of the resources from the Just Transition Fund depends on the Polish government’s declaration of achieving climate neutrality by...
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MOVIE: Just Transition in Eastern Wielkopolska, Poland
February 17, 2021No longer waiting for the Polish government, the coal region Eastern Wielkopolska has committed to achieve climate neutrality in 2040, a whole decade before the entire EU. Actors...
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Polish coal region Eastern Wielkopolska wants to be climate neutral by 2040
October 29, 2020by Alina Pogoda (Polish Green Network) No longer waiting for the Polish government, the coal region Eastern Wielkopolska has set an ambitious coal phaseout date, thus committing...
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Stav příprav Územních plánů spravedlivé transformace ve státech střední a východní Evropy
October 14, 2020Členské organizace CEE Bankwatch Network v sedmi zemích střední a východní Evropy se rozhodli sepsat aktuální informace o tom, v jaké části procesu příprav územních plánů spravedlivé transformace...
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Status of the Territorial Just Transition Plans in central and eastern Europe
October 14, 2020CEE Bankwatch member groups in seven countries across central and eastern Europe provide an update about where we are in the process of drafting the Territorial Plans. The...
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Polish NGOs and citizen groups ask Prime Minister for coal phaseout date
July 6, 2020In an open letter to the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, over 40 Polish NGOs and activists ask the government to set a clear coal phaseout date and...
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Polish government urged to include municipalities, civil society in planning future of coal regions
June 1, 2020Warsaw/ June 1 -As the Polish government is gearing up to prepare plans for the transformation of coal regions that would allow it to tap a 40 billion...
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Coronavirus pandemic highlights precarious situation of Polish miners
April 28, 2020Poland’s mine closures because of coronavirus infections highlight the precariousness of the miners’ work, before and during the pandemic. Poland’s largest coal company, PGG, has been forced to...
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