Contribution to the public consultation on the draft bill of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy
The Green Tank submitted comments on the draft bill “Provisions for the simplification of environmental licensing, environmental inspections and environmental protection, urgent provisions on forestry, spatial planning and urban planning, establishment of a framework for the development of Offshore Wind Farms, addressing the energy crisis and issues of circular economy”
Just Transition Newsletter #3
The third newsletter of the Green Tank for the developments of the last six months (January-June 2022) related to the Just Transition of lignite regions in Greece and in Europe has been published.
Capacity building of SymATA Members Network – The first seminar on advocacy was successfully delivered
Advocacy seminar as part of the project Alliance for Sustainable Local Development - SymATA
Short-term energy solutions and long-term risks
Nikos Mantzaris on ERT's TV evening news.
The de-lignitization process must continue
Article by Nikos Mantzaris in the NAFTEMPORIKI special issue on energy.
Introducing the proposed EU nature restoration regulation and its benefits in Greece
Workshop by IEEP and The Green Tank
How will Greece overcome the energy crisis: LNG, lignite or renewables?
Article by Nikos Mantzaris in a 2022 special edition of energypress on energy sectors and energy companies in the Greek market.
Summer course: Climate Change & Biodiversity
Lecture by Ioli Christopoulou on “Climate Change and Biodiversity” at the 7th Thessaloniki Summer Course organized by The Kalliopi Koufa Foundation on “Climate Change and International Law”.
Energy Communities: Paving the way to energy democracy
Contribution to the “Rethink – Ideas Forum / Α green compass for Greece: Society, economy, ecology” organized by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Thessaloniki.
The role of community energy in Just Transition: the Greek example, challenges and opportunities
The Green Tank co-organized a special session on “Community Energy and Just Transition in coal regions” during the European Citizen Energy Academy (EUCENA) Summer School.
Trends in electricity production – May 2022
New all-time low for lignite in the first 5 months of the year with 21% decrease compared to the same period in 2021.
We need a “clean” Modernization Fund
Joint letter to to EU-27 Environment Ministers.
Just Transition in Practice: Sustainable projects in coal regions
New report by The Green Tank presents specific examples of projects contributing to the sustainable transformation of coal regions across Europe.
An Alliance for Sustainable Development is born
The Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA) in cooperation with the Green Tank present the project “Alliance for Sustainable Local Development (SymATA)” implemented under the Active citizens fund.
