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Romania faces potential penalties under the EU Methane Regulation due to high methane intensity in its underground hard coal mines in the Jiu Valley. Despite state-owned mines exceeding EU emission limits, the country has shown a lack of transparency in reporting hard coal production and lacks projects for abandoned mine methane utilisation.

This fact sheet by the Stockholm Environment Institute provides an overview of urban sustainability metrics, comparing index-based and indicator-based systems and proposing a cyclical pathway for municipal governments to measure and monitor sustainability performance.

This case study examines the work of Germany's Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment (the "Coal Commission"), established in 2018 to create a consensus-based plan for phasing out coal-fired power generation while ensuring a just transition for workers and affected regions.

The Carbon-Free Regions Handbook: Finance is a guide for regional governments on organizing and delivering financial solutions to enable low-carbon transitions. It outlines strategies for increasing capital availability, overcoming up-front costs, creating market incentives, and reducing procurement costs for clean energy assets.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the challenges of Germany's energy transition (Energiewende), specifically focusing on the persistence of the coal sector and the resistance from powerful utilities and mining interests against decarbonization policies.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) maps the policy landscape for thermal energy efficiency in Germany's residential building sector. It categorizes policies into financial instruments, information tools, and performance standards, analyzing how they interact to drive energy demand reductions. The document details specific federal programs, their objectives, and their estimated impacts on building owners and contractors.

This case study examines the governance and progress of the European Union's efforts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, specifically focusing on the mandatory removal of hard coal mining subsidies by 2018 and the broader goals for oil, gas, and coal.