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Overblown job promises in southeast Europe's coal sector show the need for a just transition - report

Details: Category: Climate Change; Published on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 09:35

Promises for new jobs in south-east Europe’s coal sector are exaggerated, a new Bankwatch report reveals. Hardly any coal operations across the region are economically viable, and as a result many coal workers, especially in the mines, are set to lose their jobs, even if the plans for countless new power plants materialise. Governments, coal workers and their wider communities need to work together towards a just transition.

Electricity export ambitions may prove risky for Bosnia and Herzegovina, shows new study

Details: Category: Climate Change; Published on Sunday, 29 March 2015 10:04

26 March 2015 – Western Balkans countries, especially Bosnia and Herzegovina, have strong electricity export ambitions that create the danger of stranded assets, finds a new report launched by non-governmental organisation CEE Bankwatch Network in Sarajevo. If governments take electricity capacity expansion decisions without taking due account of developments in other countries, the region will have to compete with other nearby exporters and may find that its power plants become uneconomic.