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The Green Tank at the 3rd Forum of Just Transition Mayors
Ioanna Theodosiou and Nikos Mantzaris from The Green Tank participated in the 3rd Forum of Mayors on Just Transition. The Forum, seeks to bring together mayors of coal and lignite regions from across Europe to exchange good practices and explore joint actions on issues related to the shift of the local economies towards a sustainable direction.
The role of NGOs in Just Transition in Greece and Europe
Nikos Mantzaris gave a presentation on the role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Just Transition of lignite regions to the post-lignite era at the 6th Regional Conference “Move.Link.Engage: Partnership, Solidarity and Responsibilityin the Post-COVID 19th Era” organized in September 21-23 by the Belgrade Open School (BOS) with the support of the Swedish Embassy in Belgrade.
Lignite phase-out: 1 year later
It is one year since the Greek Prime Minister announced the historic commitment that Greece is to completely phase-out lignite by 2028 (at the latest), speaking at the UN Special Climate Action Summit in New York.
Worth looking beyond the rhetoric of Polish government about the excessive costs of moving beyond coal and keep track on what's actually happening on the ground like here https://twitter.com/notesfrompoland/status/1309126343444099072
A former open pit coal mine will become Poland's largest solar farm.
The company behind the project – which is Poland’s biggest generator of power from brown coal – hopes it can become a symbol of green energy transformation https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/09/24/former-coal-mine-to-become-polands-biggest-solar-farm/
Το Φόρουμ Δίκαιης Μετάβασης έχει ως στόχο να αναπτύξει τη συνεργασία μεταξύ δημάρχων, φορέων και ΜΚΟ που εργάζονται για τη στροφή των τοπικών οικονομιών στις λιγνιτικές περιοχές της ΕΕ προς βιώσιμη κατεύθυνση #JustTransition. Τι συζητήθηκε στο 3ο Φόρουμ;👇
https://thegreentank.gr/2020/09/24/third_fom_el/
The discussion in #Serbia around #JustTransition to the post-lignite era has begun. NGOs can help in catalyzing synergies and policy changes to shift local economies towards sustainable economic activities @BOSPolicyLab @SEEBeyondCoal 👉https://thegreentank.gr/en/2020/09/24/the-role-of-ngos-in-just-transition-in-greece-and-europe/