The Green Tank’s ninth newsletter for the developments of the last six months (January – June 2025) related to the Just Transition of lignite regions in Greece and in Europe has been published.
The newsletter includes institutional developments of the period, news from Greece and Europe, as well as a special section dedicated to energy communities.
The focus was on, among others, the new historic low of lignite production in Greece, the revision of the Just Development Transition Programme 2021 – 2027, the amendment of the Cohesion Fund regulation for the current programming period and the actions to strengthen the voice of young people in Greek lignite regions.
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.