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.
The towns of Donetsk Oblast were among the main targets of russian attacks.
Ecoaction have been cooperating with the mining communities of Ukraine and supporting them in the process of just transition.
The mayors of the coal towns support the further path towards Just Transition.
Once Ukraine’s greatest hope for green development, the country’s cities have been fighting for survival since the Russian invasion began on 24 February.
Civil society organizations developed principles on which the renovation of Ukraine should be based.
Unlimited extraction and burning of fossil fuels poses a dare threat to humanity due to climate change.
More than 450 organizations call on world governments to reject and ban importation of Russian oil and gas.