Participation in the Montenegrin “National Conference on Just Transition”
Nikos Mantzaris participated in the "National Conference on Just Transition" in Montenegro, talking about the experience of Just Transition in Greece and possible lessons for Montenegro.
Trends in electricity production – August 2021
According to the latest monthly data for the interconnected electricity network from ADMIE (August 2021):
Fossil fuels take over during the summer producing higher share of the electricity demand.
Fossil gas is not “green”
On the occasion of a study by the International Energy Agency, 150 NGOs and think tanks join their voices and co-sign a letter to the European Union institutions for the non-inclusion of fossil gas infrastructure in the sustainable ones.
Comment regarding the electricity production on the Greek islands
Comment by Nikos Mantzaris to Thodoris Chondrogiannos and Nikolas Leontopoulos, for Investigate Europe, regarding the electricity production on the Greek islands.
The Green Tank on Just Transition at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF)
Participation of Green Tank and Nikos Mantzaris in events within the TIF, on 14 and 17 September 2021.
Participation in Energy Talks #1
Participation of Ioli Christopoulou in the event “Energy Talks” organized by Impact Hub Athens in cooperation with “For the Love of Greece”.
Trends in electricity production – July 2021
Trends in the electricity production in Greece during the first seven months of 2021.
Athens faces climate crises
Comment by Ioli Christopoulou on climate change, wildfires and the prolonged heatwaves in the city of Athens, to the journalist Elisa Perrigueur for the Tribune de Genève.
Comment on air pollution in the Western Balkans
Comment by Nikos Mantzaris on the need for the European Union to provide financial assistance to the lignite areas of the Western Balkans, in an article by Machie Tratsa published in the Financial Post (Oikonomikos Taxydromos)
The wildfires and the climate crisis in Greece
Statements by Ioli Christopoulou about the wildfires and the climate crisis on Sputnik.
Energy dilemmas in the era of climate crisis
An article by Nikos Mantzaris in “Vima tis Kyriakis” on the escalating climate crisis, which is imposing the abandonment of the plans for new fossil gas plants in post-lignite Greece.
Exploring the governance and social impact of the Evros Delta National Park
The Management Body of Evros Delta and Samothraki Protected Areas and the Green Tank, in collaboration with the International Institute for the Environment and Development (IIED) and the scientific oversight of the Universities of Warwick and Cambridge organized a workshop aimed at exploring issues of governance and social impacts of protected areas.
Contribution to the EU public consultation on the revised Climate, Environmental protection and Energy Aid Guidelines
The Green Tank contributed with comments to the European Commission’s public consultation on the revised Climate, Environmental protection and Energy Aid Guidelines.
Trends in electricity production – June 2021
According to the latest monthly data for the interconnected electricity network from ADMIE (June 2021):
For the first time in 2021, in June, the renewables (RES, mainly wind and solar) share in Greece fell below 30% (24%).
