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Joint seminar on Just Transition between Poland and Norway - Cracow, Poland,

30.10.2018

The Polish Ministry of Environment and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment had a joint seminar on Just Transition in Krakow 25 October.

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The seminar was organised within the Fund of Bilateral Cooperation of the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 by Polish Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute with its Norwegian Partner Vista Analyse. Just Transition refers to a fair economic transformation towards a low-carbon economy considering social costs and a creation of  the new jobs. The main objective of the seminar was to promote the concept of just transition as an accompanying initiative to the negotiation process at the forum of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The final text of the Declaration on Just Transition had been adopted during  COP 24 held in Katowice, Poland in December 2018. 

The seminar in Cracow started with the opening speeches given by Polish Ministry of Environment Undersecretary of State Sławomir Mazurek and Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment Junior Minister Astrid Knutsen Hårstad. Norwegian Junior Minister stressed out that it is the people who are in the centre of all activities tackling the climate change and transforming the economy into the low-carbon model  -  Their economic and social needs should be taken into account – she said. Polish Undersecretary of State Sławomir Mazurek underlined Polish engagement in the fight against smog, circular economy promotion and Polish presidency of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The representatives of the Polish and Norwegian trade unions taking part in the seminar pointed out the necessity to ensure social security to workers from the sectors particularly affected by the low-carbon economy transition.  Polish and Norwegian experts shared good practices in areas such as electromobility, green city infrastructure, energy efficiency promotion, the use of RES in the electricity generation and the Carbon Capture and Storage Technology (CCS).

The full report from the seminar together with accompanying presentations may be found on the website of Vista Analyse.

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