Calling Time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland
Our new mini documentary looks at how people in the region of Eastern Greater Poland have rejected the Polish government’s strategy of burning more coal in favour of planning their own 2030 coal exit to secure the region’s future.
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MOVING BEYOND COAL
TO A RENEWABLES FUTURE
Mining and burning coal has devastating effects on public health, the environment, and the global climate. So does the extraction and burning of fossil gas. They are also holding back many communities, which are being given a false choice between jobs and health, when they can have both, through a just and fair transition to a fully renewables-based energy system. Here’s what we’re working on to make Europe fossil-free:
We’re in the end game for coal power in Europe, but there is a lot more to do to scale up renewable energy, exit fossil gas and protect our air, water, and climate.
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We’re in the end game for coal power in Europe, but there is a lot more to do to scale up renewable energy, exit fossil gas and protect our air, water, and climate.
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Coal and fossil gas have long been used to heat our homes in winter, but with many new, much cleaner alternatives available we can heat our homes without warming our world.
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As our energy systems modernise, coal regions are facing an uncertain future. They need support to fairly transition to a better future, and have huge potential with renewable energy.
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Coal and fossil gas finance is dirty money. The industry is only able to survive because it externalizes the worst costs of its business, and in most cases can only continue to do this as it is on life support from financial institutions.
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MORE STORIESCalling time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland
Poland has the second largest coal industry in the EU, but while the majority of other member states will stop burning the dirtiest of all fossil fuels this decade, Poland has no such plan. That is, except for the coal region of Eastern Greater Poland, which has taken matters into its own hands and plans to be coal free by 2030.
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Europe Beyond Coal supports and coordinates work with civil society groups working across the European continent, including the European Union, the Western Balkans, Turkey and the UK. Our partners have already had a lot of success moving Europe beyond coal, but there is a lot more to do to speed the transition to a better future for all. A fossil-free, renewables-powered Europe is inevitable, and coming fast. Together, we have the power to bring this better future forward.