Civil Society Position on Coal Mining Communities’ Just Transition in the Post-War Recovery of Ukraine
The just transition of coal towns will help create conditions for post-war green recovery and sustainable development.
The just transition of coal towns will help create conditions for post-war green recovery and sustainable development.
Representatives of the coal regions noted that their towns are ready to become pilots of the green post-war recovery of Ukraine.
Despite the full-scale war Ukrainian coal towns still hope to implement the policy of just transition.
According to preliminary calculations, a hybrid solar plant can cover up to 60 % of consumed electricity per year.
Notwithstanding limited resources, Ukrainians are already working on reconstruction and development planning.
We welcome formation of a regulatory framework and incentive mechanisms for the creation of energy communities and aggregators.
Ecoaction have been cooperating with the mining communities of Ukraine and supporting them in the process of just transition.
Ukraine will have to undertake a massive effort to reconstruct damaged or fully destroyed civilian infrastructure.
The Centre for Environmental Initiatives “Ecoaction” and WWF-Ukraine call for recognition of the crucial role nature and clean technologies must play in ensuring a sustainable recovery from the war.
What green reconstruction means concretely in every sector, what barriers to a green reconstruction currently exist, and how an optimal policy mix could overcome these barriers.