How Europe’s coal regions could be affected by the proposed redesign of the EU’s budget framework

In this commentary for the Just Transition Finance Lab, Alexander Weston examines the proposed redesign of the EU’s long-term budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework, and its implications for Europe’s just transition. The loss of dedicated just transition architecture would affect both fossil-fuel-producing regions that have received just transition funding to date and those facing phaseout that have remained outside the fund’s support – though a shift to integrated national planning could also provide opportunities.

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