just transition
Four recommendations for enhancing citizen participation in energy sector in Western Balkans
06 November 2023 - RESET and the Heinrich Böll Foundation held the second regional conference on energy communities in Sarajevo
ECF annual report 2022: Climate action for green, democratic, peaceful Europe
16 October 2023 - Emissions are still climbing and national plans aren't sufficient to contain global warming, CEO of ECF Laurence Tubiana said in its annual report
Energy Transition Forum: People should benefit from energy transition
05 October 2023 - The Energy Community region needs a green deal with a just energy transition in its core, participants said at an event in Skopje
Šefčovič: EU to start proper implementation of European Green Deal
05 September 2023 - The EU will enter the phase of proper implementation of the Green Deal, the European Commission's new Executive Vice President Šefčovič said
Bulgaria earmarks EUR 1.15 billion for just transition of coal regions
10 August 2023 - The coal regions of Stara Zagora, Pernik and Kyustendil are eligible for EUR 1.15 billion in EU funds for a green economic transformation
Applications open for International Summer School on energy planning
13 June 2023 - 18th International Summer School, themed Advanced Planning of Affordable, Secure and Sustainable Energy, will be held from August 10 to 19
BEF 2023: Western Balkans must get financial support to decarbonize
12 May 2023 - Countries in Southeast Europe have no doubt that decarbonization is inevitable, but EU members have more money to implement it
Bosnian mining city Živinice to install solar power plants with state-owned utility EPBiH
05 May 2023 - It could make the city in the north of BiH the first coal-dependent area in the Western Balkans that kicks off the energy transition
Join webinars on just energy transitions in Western Balkans and Ukraine
27 February 2023 - The webinar series 'Just energy transitions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine' will explore opportunities and the lessons learnt on the way to a coal phaseout
Mitsotakis inaugurates Ptolemaida 5, Greece’s last lignite plant
14 February 2023 - The Ptolemaida 5 lignite-fired power plant was inaugurated today by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and CEOs of PPC and GEK Terna
EPCG’s project Solari kicks off sustainable energy transition in Montenegro
29 December 2022 - The solar panel installation program includes the entire society in the energy transition, earning a place among energy transition champions
Coal regions in Western Balkans and Ukraine lack dedicated funds for just transition
29 November 2022 - The Initiative for Coal Regions in Transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine held an annual meeting in Brussels
7th EUKI’s call for climate action project ideas is open – hurry up and apply
28 November 2022 - The European Climate Initiative (EUKI) has launched the seventh call to accelerate climate action in Europe
European Climate Foundation publishes 2021 annual report
18 October 2022 - The world is facing a convergence of a military crisis, an energy crisis, an economic crisis and a hunger crisis, the European Climate Foundation said
Pope Francis: All must act decisively on climate change for we are reaching breaking point
22 July 2022 - Pope Francis called on the world's nations to work together for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement
EU agrees fossil fuel car ban as climate package talks are starting
29 June 2022 - The Council of the EU and European Parliament are set for talks on the Fit-for-55 package. Both agree new combustion engines should be banned by 2035.