Poland to get €2bn from Fund for Just Transformation

From the amount of €7.5 billion of funds allocated to Just Transition Found, €2 billion is going to be transferred to Poland,  Elisa Ferreira,  the EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, claimed.

Speaking at the two-day conference "Towards a green economy" organized in Katowice, the Commissioner said that the world and Europe are on the brink of a new industrial revolution, fueled by climate change.

The representative of the European Commission indicated that this revolution would change everything: the way of work, transport, consumption. At the same time, it is associated with a number of occasions, which is why the EC proposes not only a climate plan but also a very strict strategy for creating new standards for development.

Ferreira pointed out that such a transformation, as a difficult process that involves costs, requires security. She stressed that this is particularly important in regions such as Silesia, where a key part of the energy is generated using coal and tens of thousands of inhabitants work in the traditional mining and energy industries.

(PAP)