A fair transition away from coal
Hosted by European Green Party
11 April | EU Parliament

Laurence Watson, Data Scientist, will be presenting the report he co-authored Lignite of the Living Dead at the European Parliament. Laurnce will prensent the key findings of the report on EU coal to open the event. There will then be a rountdtable discussing what regions need to do for a fair transition away from coal, and another presentation from Timon Wehnert, Wuppertal Institut..

Guest speakers:

• Jean-François Caron, Mayor of Loos-en-Gohelle, France
• Belén Soler, Region of Teruél, Spain
• Grzegorz Trefon, Trade union representative, Poland
• Oliver Krischer, Member of Parliament, Germany
• Elefterios Ioannidis, Mayor of Kozani, Greece

Short reactions from the floor:

• Montserrat Mr Roca, ETUC representative
• Susann Scherbarth, Friends of the Earth Europe
• Joanna Flisowska, Europe Beyond Coal Campaign, Poland