When a country transitions from coal to renewable energies, cities that have traditionally relied on fossil fuels for their local economy can suffer. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In the industrial coal belt of Germany, union representatives and local politicians worked out a plan to compensate and requalify people who worked in the coal industry to help them survive financially while helping them find jobs. See here what the rest of the world can learn from Germany’s transition from coal.
What the world can learn from Germany’s treatment of former coal workers
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