The economic viability of coal is ever decreasing. Without public financial support many coal investments are doomed to fail. Yet several institutions are still willing to finance an energy source that wrecks our climate, damages our health and wastes our money.
To help bring about a world beyond coal, we investigate and promote a socially responsible transition while exposing the economic, legal, social and environmental risks of coal power.
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Just transition
No one should be left behind when we reconstruct our world into one driven by clean energy. Working on just transition brings all actors who believe in fair regional redevelopment to the same table: unions, industry, public administration, governments, civil society and others sharing this goal.
Coal projects
Sostanj lignite thermal power plant unit 6, Slovenia
Slovenia has built a new 600 MW unit at the Šoštanj lignite power plant (TEŠ6) which has turned out to be a financial disaster, as well as locking the country into a carbon-intensive future with tens of millions of annual losses for the next four decades.
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Victory in Parliament: a green agenda placed at the heart of Europe’s recovery
Blog entry | 20 October, 2020The Environment Committee paves the way for a green and sustainable recovery by applying stricter criteria for all new investments in fossil fuels.
Read moreUkraine’s dangerous air pollution problem in desperate need of solutions
Blog entry | 19 October, 2020Ukraine’s air pollution problem is not receiving the attention it deserves, neither at the national nor at international levels. The authorities are dragging their feet on both monitoring air quality and emissions reductions measures, and the international community allows continuous delays and deadline extensions for Ukraine’s major polluters, which impact the air quality throughout Europe.
Read moreEastern Europe climate plans struggle to keep pace with EU’s green ambitions
Press release | 15 October, 2020Brussels – An in-depth assessment published yesterday [1] by the European Commission of the 27 EU states’ National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) highlights the growing gap between what eastern members’ plan and the ambitious targets set in the European Green Deal.
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Chinese-built coal projects in Europe
Briefing | 14 September, 2020 | Download PDFA real and immediate threat to the EU’s decarbonisation efforts
TERRITORIAL JUST TRANSITION PLAN CHECKLIST
Briefing | 23 July, 2020 | Download PDFHow to make TJTPs climate and people driven
How to hit the ground running on just transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
Advocacy letter | 15 July, 2020 | Download PDFRecommendations for the Secretariat of the Initiative for Coal Regions in Transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
