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Home > Publications > The great coal jobs fraud – unrealistic employment claims in southeast Europe

The great coal jobs fraud – unrealistic employment claims in southeast Europe

The great coal jobs fraud – unrealistic employment claims in southeast Europe

Cover of the study "The great coal jobs fraud". Image shows train tracks leading to a coal power plant in the distance.

Study    |    14 November 2016

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This report reveals how and why promises for new jobs in south-east Europe’s coal sector are exaggerated. Hardly any coal operations across the region are economically viable, and as a result many coal workers, especially in the mines, are set to lose their jobs, even if the plans for countless new power plants materialise. Governments, coal workers and their wider communities need to work together towards a just transition.

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  • English version – download pdf
  • Serbian version – download pdf
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina version – download pdf
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Institution: Chinese investors

Theme: Energy & climate

Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Project: Banovici lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Just transition | Kolubara B lignite-fired power plant, Serbia | Kolubara lignite mine, Serbia | Kosova e Re lignite power plant, Kosovo | Kostolac lignite power plant, Serbia | Pljevlja II lignite power plant, Montenegro | Sostanj lignite thermal power plant unit 6, Slovenia | Stanari lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Tuzla 7 lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ugljevik III lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tags: climate action | coal | environment | jobs | just transition | mining | social justice

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