
Will the climate agreement reached at the COP in Paris in 2015 on global CO2 reductions contribute to a reduction in coal consumption in countries where coal continues to be important? What will be the social and economic consequences of this agreement? IDDRI and Climate Strategies - the leaders of the Coal Transitions project, whose Polish partner is the Institute for Structural Research (IBS) - presented a report containing conclusions about transformation in the mining industry in the: Czech Republic, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The most important theses of the report:
- The transition out of coal is inevitable
- If well-anticipated, and actively managed, just transitions are possible
- Time is running short for the “just transition”
- In purely economic terms, the costs of a managed transition are often lower than the costs of no transition
- Key recommendations that are essential to enable a just transition:
- forging basic consensus between stakeholders on the essential questions of 'whether and why' to transition
- governments using their leverage early on to promote constructive social dialogue
- stakeholders developing a transition plan that they have ownership of and that reflects local circumstances
The report has been published on the Coal Transitions website -> report (press summary).
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