The focus of The Fourth Annual All-Ukrainian High-level Forum “Just Transition: Evolution. Recovery and the Future of Carbon-Intensive and Mono-Industrial Communities” will be the future of just transition in Ukraine and scaling up the experience of coal communities to other carbon-intensive regions.
The government has approved the Program of just transition for coal regions, but the question arises: how to ensure its effective implementation and extend the experience to other communities dependent on fossil fuels? The forum will serve as a platform to discuss the future of such communities, their development paths, and integration into the EU climate-neutral economy.
We invite those who will be directly involved in the transition to participate and engage in discussion: representatives of communities, national authorities, civil society, and other interested parties.
Date and time: December 11-12, 2025
Location: Kyiv
Event program
Day 1
10:30 – 11:00 Registration, coffee
11:00 – 11:20 Opening remarks
11:20 – 12:30 Panel discussion 1. The future of just transition in coal communities
12:30 – 13:00 Coffee
13:00 – 14:10 Panel discussion 2. Opportunities for just transition and challenges of the future
Panel discussion 2. Just transition as an integral part of Ukraine’s European integration: on the verge of a new evolution of the concept?
14:10 – 15:10 Lunch
15:10 – 16:20 Panel discussion 3. Financing and opportunities within just transition
16:20 – 17:00 Moving forward: needs, requests, proposals
17:00 – 18:00 Coffee, networking
Day 2 — Meetings with organizations providing community support (details to be confirmed)
The event is being organised as part of the projects ‘Support for Winter Preparation and Renewable Energy at Local Level in Ukraine’ in cooperation with the Czech humanitarian organisation People in Need and “RePower the Regions: Ambitious and inclusive clean energy plans to reboot regions in need of just transition” with the financial support of the European Union.