Phasing-out coal, reinventing European regions : an analysis of EU structural funding in four European coal regions ; final report
- European coal mining regions face massive transformational challenges. The necessity of climate protection only intensifies a trend, prevalent in all of Europe: coal mining has been losing its economic importance over the last decades. Fewer and fewer people are employed in the sector. Coal regions face the challenge of how to facilitate a just transition, and which perspectives to develop for a future beyond coal. Against this background this study analyses the current situation in four key European coal mining regions, namely: Aragon in Spain, Lusatia in Germany, Silesia in Poland and Western Macedonia in Greece. The study provides a brief summary of the regions' socio-economic structure, including the respective role of coal mining. AnEuropean coal mining regions face massive transformational challenges. The necessity of climate protection only intensifies a trend, prevalent in all of Europe: coal mining has been losing its economic importance over the last decades. Fewer and fewer people are employed in the sector. Coal regions face the challenge of how to facilitate a just transition, and which perspectives to develop for a future beyond coal. Against this background this study analyses the current situation in four key European coal mining regions, namely: Aragon in Spain, Lusatia in Germany, Silesia in Poland and Western Macedonia in Greece. The study provides a brief summary of the regions' socio-economic structure, including the respective role of coal mining. An assessment of how existing European structural instruments, specifically the European Structural and Investment Funds (the ESI Funds) are utilised in the region, forms the core of the study.…
Document Type: | Report |
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Author: | Timon Wehnert, Lukas HermwilleORCiDGND, Florian Mersmann, Anja Bierwirth, Michael Buschka |
URN (citable link): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-71673 |
Publisher: | Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie |
Place of publication: | Wuppertal |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Number of page: | 63 |
Language: | English |
Divisions: | Energie-, Verkehrs- und Klimapolitik |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 320 Politik |
Licence: | In Copyright - Urheberrechtlich geschützt |