Options to support workers through a transition away from coal in Eastern Wielkopolska
Book
Honorati, Maddalena ; Banaszczyk, Anna
2022
28 p.
energy source ; sustainable development ; coal mining ; labour market ; employment security ; workers adaptation
Employment
English
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"Eastern Wielkopolska is an area that is economically heavily dependent on coal and energy production (it generates 5 percent of Poland's electricity) and is characterized by the presence of the most polluting plants in the region: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Eastern Wielkopolska amounted to 7.62 million Mg in 2019, about 62 percent of all emissions in Wielkopolska. The energy poverty and the challenge of changing the heating structure of both private and public buildings are pressing. ..."
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