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300 organizations support wolf protection in an open letter to President of European Committee

Almost 300 Civil Society Organisations, including The Green Tank and 24 other organisations from Greece, address an open letter to President of European Committee about the proposal to amend the wolf protection regime in Europe.

The Green Tank’s comments at the 2nd meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Just Transition Development Program

Ioanna Theodosiou and Nikos Mantzaris from the Green Tank participated in the second annual meeting of the Monitoring Committee held in Ptolemaida, where they had the opportunity to exchange views on the implementation process with members of the Special Service for Just Development of Transition (EYDAM), the European Commission as well as other members of the Monitoring Committee.

The entire Aoos River in Greece and its tributaries are now protected!

Way forward for the 1st Transboundary Wild River National Park in Europe. Joint press release by the organizations MedINA, Pindos Perivallontiki, The Green Tank, EuroNatur, Riverwatch, EcoAlbania.

Bold cuts in CO2 emissions from heavy vehicles are necessary

Letter by The Green Tank to Greek MEPs

Increase in self-produced energy hindered by lack of grid space and delays in resources mobilization

New review of developments on energy communities in Greece and its lignite areas.

Greece and the European Union 4 years after the decision to phase out lignite

Comparative analysis by The Green Tank based on the monthly data collected by the think tank Ember for the whole of Europe and by the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for Greece.

Focus on the Just Transition ahead of Greece’s local government elections

Open letter and briefing note by The Green Tank to candidates for the 2023 local government elections in Greece’s lignite areas

Energy communities: Solutions for strengthening renewables-based self-production of electricity by citizens in lignite areas

New report by The Green Tank shows that the installation of 272-300 MW photovoltaics by energy communities combined with electricity storage systems using the available financial resources can fully cover the needs of approximately 245,000 residential consumers in Greece’s lignite areas, mitigating the lack of grid space.

Just Transition Newsletter #5

The fifth newsletter of the Green Tank for the developments of the last six months (January – July 2023) related to the Just Transition of lignite regions in Greece and in Europe has been published.

Greece on track to reduce its emissions in the ETS sectors

The annual analysis by The Green Tank shows that compared to 2005, Greece recorded a 57.1% reduction in emissions from all installations in the sectors of electricity and heat generation and energy-intensive industry covered by the ETS, ranking 6th in the EU-27 and 12 places higher than the EU-27 average (-37.9%).

The adoption of the Nature Restoration Law is crucial for Greece

The Green Tank's letter to Greek MEPs and Ioli Christopoulou's statement to the Economic Tachydromos.

Western Macedonia Youth strengthens its voice for the Just Transition

The Green Tank and the Association of Active Youths of Florina- OENEF successfully co-organized a "Youth Empowerment Workshop for the Just Transition".