Autor:
Andres Vaher

Teadusseminar "Impacts of climate change mitigation measures on the Estonian economy" (Annela Anger-Kraavi)

Teadusseminar "Impacts of climate change mitigation measures on the Estonian economy"

Kolmapäeval, 1. novembril 2023 kell 14.00-15.00  Zoomis

Annela Anger-Kraavi (Cambridge'i Ülikool, Tartu Ülikool)

In the H2020 CINTRAN project the focus is on transition dynamics in four carbon-intensive regions of Europe, namely Ida-Virumaa (Estonia), North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany), Silesia (Poland) and Western Macedonia (Greece). In this study descriptive statistics and multilevel analyses were complemented by information from in-depth semi-structural interviews. In general, it was concluded that the future of the current mining areas is closely linked to the general well-being (e.g. income, quality of health care, unemployment support/retraining options) of the country where carbon-intensive regions are situated in. In Silesia and Ida-Virumaa the interview results were somewhat contradictory to the statistical data, that shows economic and social decline of the regions, reflecting peoples’ identities linked to the region and hope for better future and not depicting them as victims of the transition to a low carbon economy. This again shows that particularly in poorer EU Member States more attention needs to be paid to the people living in the regions transitioning from a high carbon to a low carbon economy – to their mental, social and economic well-being and their own identities and visions of their future in the region.