The first major battle for the European Green Deal has begun
Analysis by Nikos Mantzaris on the state of play regarding the negotiation for the European Just Transition Fund
A return to the past after the Coronavirus or a different future?
What is the path to return after the coronavirus? The response in a concise text by Ioli Christopoulou, posted on the special project of the Ethical Ode website titled “The Day after the Coronavirus Era”.
Comment on the new environment law
In an article on the Sunday edition of To Vima, in which the main provisions of the new law of the Ministry of Environment and Energy are presented, Ioli Christopoulou commented on the main issues towards which attention must now be turned.
The environment during the COVID-19 crisis and the next day
The link between the environment and climate targets and the pandemic was the focus of the interview of Ioli Christopoulou and Nikos Mantzaris granted to journalist Filis Kaitatzis from the newspaper Paraskinio.
Comment on the submission of the environment bill to Parliament
Comment by Ioli Christopoulou to the online version of TO VIMA and journalist Machie Tratsa on the submisssion of the draft environmental law to the Hellenic Parliament by the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
The goals of the European Green Deal must be at the core of the Greek environment policy
The need for the greek environmental policy to comform with the goals the European Green Deal was highlighted by Ioli Christopoulou at her comment to Athens Voice and journalist Vasiliki Grammatikogianni, on the occasion of the draft environmental law by the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
Just transition at the core of the post-pandemic recovery plans
Nikos Mantzaris stressed the need for Just Transition, as a core component of the European Green Deal, to be a priority in the post-pandemic economic recovery plans - especially in the lignite regions.
The changes expected in the draft environment law
Comment by Ioli Christopoulou to the online version of TO VIMA and journalist Machie Tratsa on the expected changes to the draft environmental law being drafted by the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
Energy communities: an unexploited tool?
Opinion piece by Ioanna Theodosiou on energy communities and the role they should and must play in the transition of Greece’s lignite regions to the postlignite era.
After Paris: Developments in the European energy and climate policy
Article by Nikos Mantzaris in the magazine “Nature” of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature about the most crucial changes which took place in the last 4 years in the European energy and climate policy that have largely determined the energy future in Greece as well.
Environment or development: An old dilemma reemerges
There is no doubt that the crisis created by the corona virus demands our attention and top place in the news. Opinion piece by Ioli Christopoulou on the worrying and long-term consequences of the new bill proposed by the Ministry of Environment and Energy if it goes forward as submitted in the public consultation.
Lignite regions VS Mykonos, Crete and Rhodes
Nikos Mantzaris referred to the need for a revision of the allocation criteria for the, currently under nergotiation, European Just Transition Fund in an article my Machie Tratsa.
Another new framework for nature conservation or a real improvement?
Opinion piece by Ioli Christopoulou on the upcoming legal proposal by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, which among other issues will include provisions for a new framework on the management bodies of Greece’s protected areas.
More national and European funds for Western Macedonia and Megalopolis
The significance of Greece demanding a change in the criteria used to allocate funds of the new European Just Transition Mechanism among Member States, and the need for the Greek government to channel every year of this decade public funds from the auctioning of CO2 allowances to the country’s two lignite regions, were underlined by Nikos Mantzaris in an article by Machie Tratsa in Sunday's “Vima” on the challenges these regions face because of the decision to phase out lignite.
