Main topic: What is the future of coal phase-out?

Context: Social and economic aspects of climate policies

Outline: Driven by climate change concerns, the EU is committed to decarbonizing its energy mix, with coal being the primary victim of this trend. The EU's increasingly ambitious climate policies are putting more pressure on Member States to significantly transform their energy sectors and deal with the socio-economic impacts of the transition. This lecture will focus on what happens when the state takes a 'back seat' and what the connotations of this may be in a regional and European perspective.

Sources: Read the following two articles that address the transition away from coal: the article by Thomas Spencer et al. on the political-economic and labor law aspects of coal phase-out, and the article discussing the transition away from coal from a climate justice perspective by Benjamin Brown and Samuel J. Spiegel. Finally, try to summarize the main arguments in the cross-border dispute between the Czech Republic and Poland over the Turow mine. This podcast by Radio Prague International can help you do that.

Think about: Who are the winners and losers of coal phase-out?