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A 2021 report which focuses on the advantages of coal co-combustion with other solid fuels in small-scale decentralized units and, at the same time, points out the need to develop different land uses in the reclaimed coal mining areas, which satisfy a series of socio-economic and environmental objectives associated with the just transition to a new, sustainable, productive model.
[Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christos-Roumpos-2/publication/355486804_ENERGY_TRANSITION_AND_THE_FUTURE_OF_LIGNITE_MINING_IN_THE_REGION_OF_WESTERN_MACEDONIA_GREECE/links/61756f3ceef53e51e1df7179/ENERGY-TRANSITION-AND-THE-FUTURE-OF-LIGNITE-MINING-IN-THE-REGION-OF-WESTERN-MACEDONIA-GREECE.pdf]
A 2021 research work which reflects the current situation at the socio-economic and socio-political level in Western Macedonia and discusses the policies implemented in the context of the lignite phase-out process to ensure a just transition for households and businesses of the region.
[Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/9/7/115]
In the frame of growing pressure due to the CO2 emissions reduction initiatives; rapidly increasing renewable-power capacity; and cheap natural gas, the development of a modern mine land rehabilitation strategy is considered as a prerequisite for mitigating the social and economic impacts for the local communities. In the case of western Macedonia lignite mines, these prospects are investigated based on a PEST (political, economic, social, technological) analysis of seven alternative land uses.
[Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/15/3995]
A 2019 briefing which offers a deep dive into the positioning of key stakeholders as well as opportunities and challenges for a transition away from coal in some of Europe’s most coal-dependent regions: Ústecký kraj (Czech Republic), Western Macedonia (Greece), Upper Silesia (Poland), Horná Nitra (Slovakia) and Obilić (Kosovo). It aims to serve as background for necessary political and policy decisions surrounding a phase-out from coal.
[Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/E3G_2019_Stakeholder_Mappings_European_Coal_Regions_Final-1.pdf]
A 2021 report which first reviews the relevant European Union legal framework governing the governance mechanisms of the transition and focuses on good examples of governance from three lignite regions of Europe. It then presents the key elements of the governance mechanism
proposed by the government, as reflected in the Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTPs) and the Just Development Transition Program (PDAM). The report concludes with a critical assessment of the Greek governance mechanism and the elaboration of specific recommendations for its improvement.
[Originally posted at https://thegreentank.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/202107_GreenTank_JustTransition_Governance_Report_EN.pdf]
A 2019 briefing which offers a deep dive into the positioning of key stakeholders as well as opportunities and challenges for a transition away from coal in some of Europe’s most coal-dependent regions. It aims to serve as background for necessary political and policy decisions surrounding a phase-out from coal.
[Originally posted at https://9tj4025ol53byww26jdkao0x-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/E3G_2019_Stakeholder_Mappings_European_Coal_Regions_Final.pdf]
A 2020 paper which investigates the environmental, economic, and social state of Megalopolis and the related perspectives with regard to the energy transition, through the elaboration of a SWOT analysis, highlighting the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the
municipality of Megalopolis and the regional unit of Arcadia.
[Originally posted at https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/sustainability/sustainability-12-10575/article_deploy/sustainability-12-10575-v2.pdf]
A 2020 study which builds upon the Multi-Level Perspective framework and further focuses on the phase-out of the dominant fossil fuel, rather than solely exploring the phase-in of new technologies.
[Originally posted at https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Sustainable-and-socially-just-transition-to-a-era-a-Nikas-Neofytou/bfb429123ced304d28208fcc2e8c03e5b41d3705]
A 2021 paper which aims to to develop indicators framework for assessing low carbon just energy transition, and to apply this framework for analysis how climate change mitigation policies in households targeting enhancement of energy renovation of residential buildings and promotion of the use of micro-generation technologies and other policies are affecting household’s energy poverty and vulnerability in selected countries: Lithuania and Greece.
[Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-021-02685-9]
A 2020 report which aims to buttress the effort of helping out lignite regions in Greece by way of creation of jobs as well as by developing the potential for growth of a lively economy.
[Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/policy_brief_just_transition__jobs_in_greece__english.pdf]
A 2022 study which shows how the region of Western Macedonia has profound strengths and offers many new opportunities during its transition to a new production model, and how it also has high unemployment rates and low rates of competitiveness and innovation.
[Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/16/10173]
A 2021 paper which formulates a set of coherent and realistic proposals for the after delignification period in Western Macedonia. The aim of these proposals is to avoid the economic decline and poverty of the region.
[Originally posted at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/899/1/012049/pdf]
A 2022 paper which examines to what extent the governance modes of transition in the region of Western Macedonia (Greece) are effective and just, and whether they embed transition management, spatial justice, and place-based elements.
[Originally posted at https://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/vol18/issue3/JEMI_Vol18_Issue3_2022_Article2.pdf]
A 2020 World Bank report looking at how the labor markets of Western Macedonia--the poorest region in Greece--would address a coal transition
[Originally posted at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/34737/Just-Coal-Transition-in-Western-Macedonia-Greece-Insights-from-the-Labor-Market.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]
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