Webinar ‘Energy transition and air quality: solutions and good practices’

The energy transition offers an opportunity to tackle air pollution, so how can coal regions make the best use of it? The third webinar in the series  ‘Just energy transitions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine’ will cover practical examples and proven solutions to figure out possible answers.

The event will begin with reviewing the linkages between energy transitions and air quality and will look into the experiences of Polish coal regions in combating air pollution while utilising transition opportunities. The webinar will further focus on how the Municipality of Bitola works towards a just energy transition while concentrating on air quality improvement among its priorities.

Agenda

Moderator

• Selma Šehović, Climate change and Just energy transition, FES SOE

Setting the scene

• Peter Vajda, Senior Environmental Expert, Energy Community Secretariat

Speakers

• Marta Babicz, Deputy Director on Institutional Cooperation, Individual Beneficiary Department, Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management

• Emilija Sarafska, Advisor for Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy Sources, Municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia

Contact: webinarsWBUAcoalregions [dot] eu (webinarsWBUA[at]coalregions[dot]eu) 

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Background

The webinar series “Just energy transitions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine” is part of the Initiative for coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine.

From March until July 2023, the webinars will explore opportunities and lessons learnt on the way to the coal phase-out. In considering how to make a just energy transition a reality, the series takes a coal region's viewpoint and analyses examples from the EU, Western Balkans, and Ukraine. Each webinar will feature several experts working on implementing just energy transitions, including representatives from the coal regions in focus.

Coming dates and topics are listed below:

• 25 May- Opportunities to finance energy transitions
• 14 June- Regions seizing coal phase-out as an opportunity for economic development
• 6 July- Lessons learnt when switching from coal to renewables

For social media: #CoalRegionsWBUA and @Energy4Europe

Related links

• Coal regions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
• Webinar ‘Planning for a just transition in light of energy (in)security’
• Webinar ‘Engaging stakeholders in just transition planning: who and how?