First Just Transition Newsletter
The first newsletter of the Green Tank for the developments of the last six months related to the Just Transition of lignite regions in Greece and in Europe has been sent.
Comment on the evolution of the Just Transition Development Program
Nikos Mantzaris shared his views on the evolution of Greece's Just Transition Development Program, in an article by Machie Tratsa published in the Financial Post (Oikonomikos Taxydromos).
The Green Tank’s comments on the Greek Territorial Just Transition Plans
The Green Tank submitted detailed comments on the 2nd drafts of the Greek Just Transition Development Program and Territorial Just Transition Plans.
Energy Communities: Barriers and opportunities
Ioanna Theodosiou presents recommendations to support the deployment of Energy Communities in order to overpass the existing problems, in her comments to Machie Tratsa, journalist of the Sunday edition of the newspaper To VIMA.
The course of Just Transition in Western Macedonia: the results of the Digital Consultation Workshops
Article by Ioanna Theodosiou on the results of the Digital Consultation Workshops regarding the course of Just Transition organized by the Green Tank.
The course of Just Transition in Western Macedonia- Digital Consultation Workshops: Conclusions and Recommendations
Aiming to contribute to the public debate at the crucial period of Just Transition planning in Greece and intending to make the voice of the local community heard, the Green Tank carried out and coordinated two digital consultation workshops, attended by representatives of many different bodies, as well as citizens of Western Macedonia.
Just or ‘Fast’ Transition in North Macedonia?
Participation of Nikos Mantzaris in the online event "Just or 'Fast' Transition in North Macedonia" of the Environmental Charter Meeting Series, co-organized by Eko-svest and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
The role of energy communities in Just Transition
Ioanna Theodosiou participated in the event titled “ Non- profit energy communities: Their role in energy democracy and the socially Just Transition of Western Macedonia”.
Can energy communities face the new reality?
Opinion piece by Ioanna Theodosiou about the new reality Renewable Energy Communities need to confront.
The energy future of Western Macedonia must not rely on fossil gas
Interview of Nikos Mantzaris with Antonis Mavridis, journalist of ERT Kozani, regarding the resources of Greece's Just Transition Development Program (PDAM), the conversion of Ptolemaida 5 until 2025, and the soundness or not of the choice to use fossil gas as the fuel for district heating in W. Macedonia.
The Green Tank on the Greek Just Transition Development Programme
The Green Tank participated in the public consultation for the concept paper of the Greek Just Transition Development Programme (PDAM), submitting comments and specific recommendations.
Funding and de-lignitization in Greece
Nikos Mantzaris participated in an online discussion organized by SYRIZA -Progressive Alliance MEP Petros Kokkalis on Thursday, April 22, 2021 about the prospects in Greece’s lignite regions through the use of the resources of the EU Just Transition Mechanism as well as those of the Recovery and Resilience Fund.
EU ETS and Just Transition
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.
Comments on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan
The Green Tank submits to the public debate its comments on Greece's National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
