The Green Tank’s eighth newsletter for the developments of the last six months (July – December 2024) related to the Just Transition of lignite regions in Greece and in Europe has been published.
Featuring a new format, the newsletter includes the institutional developments of the period, news from Greece and Europe, as well as a special section dedicated to energy communities.
Among the topics mentioned are the district heating of lignite areas in Greece, the progress of the Just Transition in carbon-intensive areas in Europe as presented in the Just Transition Platform, EYDAM’s youth events in Kozani and Tripoli, as well as the first public funding to the energy community of the Municipality of Kozani for the implementation of self-production projects.
The Just Transition of lignite regions constitutes one of the key battles for Europe in the current decade and a key pillar of the European Green Deal. Phasing out lignite and shifting the production model in a sustainable direction is the biggest development challenge Greece is currently facing. As the developments around the issues of transition in Greece and in Europe are continuous, with this newsletter we seek to inform about the most important of them, thus supporting the national effort for a socially just transition of Greece’s lignite regions.
You can read the full newsletter (in Greek) here.
