Petar Vitanov: In Bulgaria, green and just transition issues have been swept below the floor for a long time. Now, they explode
- We all knew in 2020 what was going to happen. Industrial and energetical transitions have been imminent. But the...
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Dimitar Sabev: Bulgaria’s green transition is not transformative. It simply replaces Big Coal with Big Solar
- If Bulgaria thinks strategically, we could turn the very miserable coal region of Maritsa East, with all its high...
Dimitar Sabev: The heterogeneity of political and economic interests in Maritsa East carbon region creates obstacles to the just transition process
Dimitar Sabev is an economist at the Economic Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He holds a PhD...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART THIRTEEN: Past Covered in Coal, Future Uncertain
Not only the residents of Bogatynia itself feel uncertain about what will happen to them. Less than five kilometers further...
Jiu Valley: is there a life after coal? [GALLERY]
There were, so far, three key stages in history of Jiu Valley, a region between mountain ranges, in the very...
There is no just transition without trust and social capital [interview]
- Jiu Valley has been historically the region, where energy has been produced. There is infrastructure, there is local identity...
Just transition is much more than economical diversification [interview]
- If I want just transition in my region, I cannot wait that everything will be brought on a plate...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART NINE: Czech Skeletons in the Coal Closet
When we talk about the Turów mine, we are also talking about social and economic problems, energy security and, undoubtedly,...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART SEVEN: Arrogance and Lack of Empathy
The case of the Turów lignite mine on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic in 2021 and 2022...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Turów case. PART SIX: There Is No Plan
The Turów mine cannot operate indefinitely. Even if there were no economic factors nor green tendencies, the coal reserve there...
