Support with the desk research on issues related to the decarbonization and the coal-mine cities transition in Ukraine

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Desk research on different issues related to decarbonization and the coal-mine cities transition in Ukraine: international and national data on environmental and social consequences of mines closing, examples of existing coal mining cities transformations, related international and national policies and so on.

• Research

• None in particular

  Ukraine has closed down 68 state-owned mining enterprises since 2004, with another 19 state-owned mines either being closed or prepared for shut-down. UNDP Ukraine recognizes that rapid decline in coal production raises important questions about what to do with the huge industrial complexes, however even more questions about the impacts on the cities dependent on such industries (e.g. unemployment, declining quality of the public services, environmental consequences and so on) and there is a need to grapple with how to plan and implement strategies to mitigate these impacts, and how to create alternative social, environmental and economic foundations that can sustain transformation of the coal-dependent areas. To kick off the process of transformation, the initial research is needed.

• Volunteers: 2 needed

• 6-10 hours per week / 8 weeks

  Research background, ability to write analytical text and report, knowledge of the correct source quoting and referencing.

• Ukraine

• English, Ukrainian