Τhe new Emissions Trading Scheme and the Social Climate Plans
The challenges brought by ETS-2 for buildings & road transport and the role of the Social Climate Fund.
The carbon footprint of electricity production – November 2024
November recorded the highest monthly carbon intensity of 2024 in Greece (318 g CO2/kWh), due to the increased production of fossil fuels (lignite and fossil gas).
The Just Transition at the final conference of EPALE 2022-2024
Ioanna Theodosiou participated in the final conference for the project by the State Scholarships Foundation.
Trends in electricity production – November 2024
Monthly net exports in Greece recorded an all-time high in November 2024 (646 GWh). Lignite had the highest monthly production of the year (406 GWh), while production from fossil gas (2,172 GWh) was the third highest of the year.
Just Transition Newsletter #8
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.
Trends in fossil gas consumption & imports – November 2024
The highest monthly gas consumption since March 2022 (6.94 TWh) was noted in November (6.7 TWh). The largest year-on-year increase in November came from gas use in electricity (+2.23 TWh).
SAvE Whales in progress: Snapshots from the first fieldwork
The SAvE Whales partners created the project’s first short documentary.
Joint letter to the European Commission on EU ETS revenues
Carbon Market Watch, The Green Tank and other European organizations have sent a letter to the new European Commission on the proper use of ETS revenues.
Sectoral carbon budgets: How much greenhouse gases will the sectors of Greece’s economy emit by 2030?
This analysis by The Green Tank calculates the first sectoral carbon budgets based on the NECP projections and shows that in the five-year period 2026-2030 Greece will burden the atmosphere with 257 million tons CO2eq.
Nature under attack: Bern Convention weakens wolf protection
The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted to lower the protection status of wolves, a decision widely criticized by conservation experts and environmental organizations.
The priorities for the sustainable development of Natura 2000 sites
Ioli Christopoulou participated in a panel at the 4th OT Forum where the work of NECCA and protected areas in Greece were discussed.
The Green Tank’s comments at the 3rd meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Just Transition Development Program
Ioanna Theodosiou and Nikos Mantzaris from The Green Tank participated in the third annual meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Just Transition Development Programme (JTDP) 2021 -2027, which took place in Megalopoli.
The expansion of fossil gas in Korinthos and the sustainable solution of energy communities
Ioanna Theodosiou participated in a workshop by Greenpeace and IEECP.
The carbon footprint of electricity production – October 2024
In October 2024, the lowest carbon intensity ever (216 g CO2/kWh) was recorded in the Greek power sector, due to low lignite production combined with increased renewable energy production.
