07/04/2021
Article by Nikos Mantzaris on the opportunity arising from the escalation of carbon prices to fund the Just Transition of Greece’s lignite regions through the public revenue from auctioning of CO2 allowances.
17/03/2021
Quote by Nikos Mantzaris in Euractiv regarding the significance of the decision to phase out lignite and the Just Transition challenge for Greece’s lignite regions towards a sustainable future.
16/03/2021
Nikos Mantzaris wrote an article in energypress on issues which remain “open” in the trilogue negotiations between the EU Institutions regarding the EU Climate Law.
07/03/2021
Nikos Mantzaris’s article “The bet of the transition to the postlignite era” is included in the book “At the end is my beginning… A narrative of the transition to the postlignite era”, which was published a few days ago.
04/03/2021
Comments by Ioli Christopoulou on how article 219 of the bill of the Ministry of Development and Investment degrades both the natural and the investment environment in Greece.
03/03/2021
Opinion piece by Ioanna Theodosiou about the role of the Renewable Energy Communities in the Territorial Just Transition Plans for the Greek lignite areas.
02/03/2021
There is growing pressure on the article 219 of the bill of the Ministry of Development and Investment. A most important development is the announcement by the Nature 2000 Committee, the central scientific advisory body on biodiversity conservation in Greece, calling on the withdrawal of the article, that was issued yesterday. The announcement came after an urgent appeal by 23 NGOs, including the Green Tank, that was handed to the new Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, who addressed a greeting to
25/02/2021
An opinion piece by Ioli Christopoulou explaining why article 219 of a bill by the Ministry of Development and Investment is dangerous for Greece’s protected areas, while not promoting investments in the country.
25/01/2021
The Green Tank in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Greece are publishing a feature on the contemporary Greek energy policy. Part of this feature is the article by Nikos Mantzaris on lignite phase out and the Just Transition.
25/01/2021
The Green Tank in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Greece are publishing a feature on the contemporary Greek energy policy. Part of this feature is the article by Ioanna Theodosiou on energy communities and their role in just transition.