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Just transition across borders : a case study on the Ustecky region's coal phase-out and the potential of cross-border cooperation to migitate its socio-economic challenges
Kiess, C.M. (2022) Just transition across borders : a case study on the Ustecky region's coal phase-out and the potential of cross-border cooperation to migitate its socio-economic challenges.
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| Abstract: | In face of the climate change, the EU wants to become climate-neutral in 2050 with the Green Deal. A measure to ensure this, is the coal phase-out, which poses several socio-economic challenges on coal regions like the Ustecky region (CZ). Therefore, the EU developed the JTM to mitigate these transitional problems and also to increase the Union’s cohesion. Another already more established measure to ensure cohesion is CBC. Hence, the question arises “To what extent can Cross-Border Cooperation contribute to the implementation of the Green Deal’s Just Transition Fund in the Ustecky region?”, especially since many coal regions are located near a border. To answer this question, the research is based on a single-case study of the Ustecky region, in which data was collected based on desk research. A theoretical framework on the potential of CBC to mitigate the socio-economic challenges was developed, which was applied on the case of the Ustecky region with the help of document analysis. The analysis concluded that CBC can contribute in various ways to mitigate the socio-economic transition challenges, especially in regards to regional competitiveness and funding. However, there is still development potential concerning the reduction of social inequalities, which ultimately would make a transition just. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92166 |
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