177th mBank-CASE Seminar Proceedings: The Just Energy Transition from the Perspective of Cities and Regions – the experience of Poland and other European Union countries

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20 Aug 2024

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mBank – CASE Seminar Proceedings

Agnieszka Kulesa

Ewa Balcerowicz

Andrzej Kosiór

Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk

Piotr Korytkowski

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Agnieszka Kulesa

Lead Social Sciences Researcher
Dr Agnieszka Kulesa is the Lead Social Sciences Researcher at CASE. She supports business development and oversees and contributes to research and analytical projects. Having joined CASE in 2018 as an economist, she served as Vice-President of the Management Board from 2021 to 2024. Agnieszka has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including peer-reviewed articles and reports for European institutions such as the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP), the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

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Ewa Balcerowicz

Chairwoman of the CASE Supervisory Council
Chairwoman of CASE Supervisory Council (July 2008-present) and mBank-CASE Seminars Project Manager

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Author’s articles
Andrzej Kosiór
Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk
Piotr Korytkowski

Climate change is a global problem – it requires the cooperation of countries all over the world and the implementation of sustainable development concepts.

In mBank-CASE Seminar Proceedings no. 177 authors describe the ways selected Polish regions tackled the challenges of transition towards sustainable energy.

Agnieszka Kulesa, Vice-President of CASE Management Board, focuses on Lusatia, Upper Nitra and Greater Poland and the way these regions handled the transition, highlighting the role of lignite mining.

Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk, Energy Forum expert and director of the Electricity comments on Agnieszka’s findings.

Next chapters focus on the way two cities in Poland managed to make their way through an energy transition:

Konin – described by Piotr Korytkowski, Its President, and

Wałbrzych – by Andrzej Kosiór, Head of the Strategic Management Office.

Table of contents

Ewa Balcerowicz – Introduction p. 5-7

Agnieszka Kulesa – The just energy transition in Lusatia (Germany), Upper Nitra (Slovakia) and Greater Poland (Poland) – conclusions and recommendations p. 8-23

Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk – Just Energy Transition in Poland: where we stand p. 24-27

Piotr Korytkowski – Energy transition of Konin and the Konin region p. 25-34

Andrzej Kosiór – Lower Silesia’s energy transition – the experience of Wałbrzych p. 34-42