Atanas Pekanov: There is no political will for a just transition, but the European Commission should be more flexible too
Atanas Pekanov is a Bulgarian economist. He was the Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Management in the first (12...
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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...
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...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART TWELVE: Uncertainty
Bogatynia's mayor Wojciech Dobrołowicz canceled a meeting arranged with us at the last minute. We would not have the opportunity...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART ELEVEN: There will be nothing without the mine
- People did not believe in any change here, in this closed part of the world. The disbelief persisted, even...
Turów: Lost Chance for a Just Transition? [DOCUMENTARY]
The Czech-Polish documentary film traces the story of the conflict around the Turów mine and power plant from the Czech...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART TEN: Paradoxes
The Turow case has revealed a number of question marks, dilemmas and paradoxes. From the point of view of the...
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,...
