February 23th, 2024
On February 23, 2024, an event occurred at the Marshal’s Office of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poznań: Wielkopolska’s path to climate neutrality.
The conference was an opportunity to discuss the most urgent challenges facing regions on the way to climate neutrality, with particular emphasis on the transformation of coal regions. During this event, the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) declaration was also signed in the presence of the British and Canadian ambassadors to Poland, as representatives of the governments that initiated the coalition during COP23 in 2017 in Bonn. PPCA is the world’s first and only coalition of national and local governments and businesses working together to transition away from coal-fired power generation. The conference was an opportunity to launch the LIFE After Coal PL project – Implementation of the Strategy for Climate Neutrality. Eastern Greater Poland 2040.
At the organizers’ invitation, I had the pleasure of participating in this conference, presenting an introduction to the discussion – familiarizing the participants with the presentation entitled: Development challenges of coal regions in the conditions of energy transformation and participating in a panel discussion.
It should be emphasized here that for years, I have been actively supporting the energy transformation process, which in Greater Poland concerns Eastern Greater Poland to the greatest extent. A team of Faculty employees under my supervision prepared expert opinions and diagnoses that were used to formulate recommendations regarding the just transformation of coal regions in Poland (https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/681326) and were also used in the process of developing the Development Strategy for Eastern Greater Poland 2040 (https://amu.edu.pl/dla-mediow/komunikaty-prasowe/uam-zaangazowany-w-opracowanie-strategii-rozwoju-wielkopolski-Wschodni-2040), the preparation of which I supported as an expert scientific. I was also invited to POLICYLAB of the LIFE After Coal PL project – Implementation of the Strategy for Climate Neutrality. Eastern Greater Poland 2040.
A report from this event is available at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y74g_RGnls.
