What is crucial is that the people of Stara Zagora are given real, tangible opportunities – not just abstract promises
Rumyana Grozeva holds a PhD in Economics from the Institute of Economic Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her PhD is...
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Ognyan Atanasov: Bulgaria lacks political will to drive the just transition, but it has no alternative and is a chance for the affected regions
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat Ognyan Atanasov is Vice President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (KNSB) with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
