Dear friends and colleagues,
Kozani, Florina and the Municipality of Megalopolis of Arcadia, belong to the EU regions with the greatest dependence on fossil fuels. These areas face the consequences of multi-annual and unilateral focus on lignite activity, in contrast and to the detriment of all others, but also of the inaction of previous years in preparing a new, balanced and sustainable development model. In this direction, Greece, apart from strong political will and additional financial resources, has, for the first time, a comprehensive strategic plan and a mixture of interventions and measures of economic diversification in areas such as clean energy, industry, technology, education, agriculture, tourism etc. This plan was put up for online public consultation by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Kostis Hatzidakis and was concluded on November 10, 2020.
