V4’s Just Transition without Transition
June 17, 2019
Coal phase-out is inevitable if the world wants to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The question therefore arises not whether to shift to the low-emission economy but when. And how to do that without leaving the people from coal-abundant regions behind.
Just Transition plan for Slovak coal region Upper Nitra to be aproved today
June 12, 2019
The Upper Nitra regional parliament is today approving a plan for the region’s transition away from coal, which was created by the Slovak government based on inputs from the local community.
Retrained and forgotten
April 16, 2019
This research analyses the context of downsizing the ining sector in the Jiu Valley, the concrete measures taken to mitigate the social impact in the areas hit by restructuring the mining sector and how successful these measures were.
Barriers and project criteria for the Upper Nitra region transition process
March 5, 2019
This study serves as an invitation and starting point for further discussions and collaboration on just transition in the Upper Nitra region of Slovakia. A just transformation means that while transitioning from coal, the projects of big corporations w
Towards a just transition for the Upper Nitra region
January 24, 2019
Priatelia ZEME – CEPA and CEE Bankwatch are today launching a set of recommendations to feed into the Just Transition debate taking place in Upper Nitra and at the national level in Slovakia. The recommendations come in a context when Just Transition i
New jobs in the process of transformation of the Upper Nitra region (in Slovak)
January 24, 2019
This paper focuses on a brief outline of concrete steps to turn Upper Nitra towards a low carbon future. In particular, it is to stop further public subsidies to fossil energy – especially lignite mining and burning – and urgently redirect public funds
Activist: Poland’s ‘just transition’ declaration is just posturing
December 14, 2018
The just transition declaration adopted at the COP24 in Poland sounds good but it is not connected to any kind of climate ambition or specific energy projects involving local communities, Alexandru Mustata told EURACTIV Slovakia. Source: Activist: Pola
Can Poland wean itself off coal?
December 14, 2018
Climate experts say the renaissance can be stopped but change must happen now – and the main obstacle is at the top Source: Can Poland wean itself off coal?
Baca-Pogorzelska: Polska węglem nie stoi. Polska na węglu leży
December 14, 2018
– COP24 w Katowicach i dyskusje wokół niego pokazały, że polskie społeczeństwo jest gotowe do poważnej rozmowy o klimacie, chociaż zupełnie nie są do niej przygotowani nasi rządzący. Ważne pytania o sprawiedliwą transformację, implikacje raportu IPCC c
Der gerechte Wandel findet in Polen nicht statt’
December 14, 2018
Während der polnische Konferenzpräsident als Leitthema für den Klimagipfel in Katowice einen sozial gerechten Strukturwandel gewählt hat, funktioniert genau der in der Nachbarstadt Zabrze nicht. Die Kohlearbeiter sind enttäuscht von ihrer Regierung – u
