We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to compare counties with...

This document consists of a summary of best practice standards for coal mine closure and aftercare, complemented by a practitioner's guide. In combination, these two modules can be used by coal enterprises, line ministries, technical agencies, as well as development partners, looking towards...

The Czech government support the coal mining regions of Usti, Moravian-Silesian and Karlovy Vary with an integrated strategy for economic development. A governance structure has been devised that matches national institutions with regional counterparts, acknowledging each region's specific needs...

The Research Fund for Coal and Steel has made significant contributions to the European Green Deal and the Just Transition Mechanism through its coal-related research and innovation projects. The fund's portfolio of projects addresses key areas such as the creation of new jobs and retraining of...

Coal regions are particularly vulnerable to the plans to reduce regional pollution and move towards a climate-neutral economy. The European Union therefore supports the transition away from coal in those regions that are socio-economically most affected to reduce negative impacts for...

The challenge of conciliating global decarbonization efforts with socio-economic welfare in coal-dependent regions calls for innovative approaches for just transitions. This study proposes a circular industrial system that integrates CO2 capture through Temperature Swing Adsorption (TSA) with...

The Miniera d'Energia is a repurposing project for a decommissioned underground coal mine in Sardinia, Italy that aims to use the shafts for an innovative gravity-based battery energy storage system. Energy Vault, a global energy storage company together with Carbosulcis, the local mining...

The present paper is the first attempt toprovide a new blueprint for proactivelyaddressing coal mining lands withina Just Transition framework. It arguesthat traditional approaches to mine landremediation can only go so far in offeringcoal transitioning communities with thenatural capital badly...

In 2020, the Chinese coal chemical industry processed nearly one quarter of national coal throughput, and accounted for about 5.4 per cent of national CO2 emissions. Yet the coal chemicals’ industry ability to limit oil and gas imports is appealing to the Chinese leadership in the context of...

The SITRANS project is a research project initiated by a consortium of seven organisations including universities, NGOs, regional development agencies and research institutes across Europe. It is dedicated to facilitating a just and inclusive energy transition in regions heavily impacted by the...

The decarbonisation will lead to changes in the employment structure of the energy sector. While there will be a decrease in employees in coal mining and coal-fired power plants, the demand for labour in the renewable energy sector is expected to increase. Because of comparable skill...

The decarbonisation will lead to changes in the employment structure of the energy sector. While there will be a decrease in employees in coal mining and coal-fired power plants, the demand for labour in the renewable energy sector is expected to increase. Because of comparable skill...

The region of Limburg, and the city of Genk in particular, have a rich history of coal extraction. Indeed, during the 20th century, coal represented the economic raison d'etre of the area. The mining site at Winterslag interrupted operations in 1988, with dire consequences for the city. In the...

The region of Limburg, and the city of Genk in particular, have a rich history of coal extraction. Indeed, during the 20th century, coal represented the economic raison d'etre of the area. The mining site at Winterslag interrupted operations in 1988, with dire consequences for the city. In the...

The extractive sector is positioned as one of the most polluting activities, contributing considerably to the environmental liabilities (EL) generation, especially in countries with a significant dependence on mining resources exploitation, such as Latin America. Colombia represents a good...

The recent "coal-to-gas" (CTG) energy policy serves as an important measure to mitigate air pollution in northern China, and also carries out a mission of alleviating rural energy poverty. To unravel the impact of the CTG policy on rural energy poverty, this study examines the effect on economic...

The SITRANS project is a research project initiated by a consortium of seven organisations including universities, NGOs, regional development agencies and research institutes across Europe. It is dedicated to facilitating a just and inclusive energy transition in regions heavily impacted by the...

With climate change causing loss and damage, disrupting nature, and affecting the lives of billions of people, the world has accepted that it cannot achieve carbon dioxide reduction goals without phasing out coal. This paper argues that addressing the broader social dimensions of coal...

As the power sector is the largest GHG emitter, it is important to investigate the fuels used in this sector. In 2023, coal was the primary source of electricity supply, accounting for 35.9%. Natural gas came in second, representing 23%. Asia has the largest number of coal plants in operation,...

In this paper, we investigate the effect of Donald Trump's campaign for coal during his successful race for the White House in 2016. We use a twofold empirical strategy. First, we estimate an event study model to show the change in Republican Party shares in coal counties in 2016 relative to...

Climate policies can have adverse social and economic effects on affected citizens. Against this backdrop, understanding the conditions under which electoral support or backlash to such policies occurs is crucial. In this paper, I set out to shed light on this issue by empirically analysing the...

Cutting the global economy's dependence on coal has always been seen as one of the most effective measures to reduce carbon emissions and ensure environmental sustainability. However, the demand for coal can vary greatly from country to country. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is...

We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to compare counties with...

The objective of this policy note is to provide an overview of the three draft project proposals and to recommend key design principles and implementation arrangement options for a coordinated outplacement program in the Eastern Wielkopolska region that would provide a package of services to...

Coal tar residue (CTR) is acknowledged as hazardous industrial wastes with high contents of carbon and toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Separating residue and tar to remove the contents of PAHs in CTR via microwave-assisted extraction. Influences of solvent type, solvent addition...

A series of market reforms were introduced in 2002 in the Chinese wholesale coal power sector. The period immediately after is widely recognized as having had inconsistent service and many blackouts in China, and it is generally accepted that many of the reforms were not fully enacted. Yet,...

Coal mining companies in Australia are facing increasing pressure to confirm a Social License to Operate (SLO), defined as the ongoing acceptance and approval of a site or technology by stakeholders that can affect the financial prosperity of mining. This paper investigates the relationships...

Coal production rose by a thousandfold over the last four decades in Indonesia. This paper documents the contemporaneous and long-run effects of this tremendous resource boom on children’s educational outcomes using census and district-level panel data. I exploit geographic and temporal...

Overlapping climate policies can interact in undesired ways. This paper is the first to employ an event study to investigate the interaction of national coal phase-outs and the European emissions trading system (EU ETS) by empirically examining how allowance prices reacted to coal phase-out...

The paper briefly outlines the overview of coal jobs globally and highlights the coal dependency of India. The paper brings forth the livelihood concerns learnt through the secondary reports (2017-22) of coal India and that from field visits from select coal-dependent areas (04 coal mines and 04...

Innovation performance is a valid measurement tool for green transformation of coal enterprises.In this manuscript, we introduce set theory in a multi-objective decision making framework.Using this new evaluation method to prioritize the innovation performance of 19 Chinese coal enterprises.The...

Abstract: Low soil fertility is the main factor limiting ecological restoration in coal mining reclamation areas. To improve the nutrient status and microbial community structure of reclaimed soil in coal mining areas, we tested a management strategy of combining functional microbial agents,...

The imbalance of coal supply and uncertainty of demand changes have brought great challenges to the stable supply of coal. In the actual trading process, there are problems such as variable demand and incomplete information on both, and the trading process lacks scientific and effective...

Fossil fuels have shaped the European economy since the industrial revolution. We use new long-run panel data to analyse the effect of both, coal and oil on economic growth between 1900 and 2015, exploiting variation at the level of European NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. We show that the reversal of...

Although coal plants in some countries are actively being retired ahead of their planned closure dates, there is yet to be sufficient clarity on which business model(s) might help to achieve this at scale. Policy-based and market-led closures, buyout of coal plants, auctioning them off,...