17/05/2023 (Agence Europe) – The Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, will visit the cities of Łódź and Konin in Poland on Thursday 18 May. In Łódź, he will participate in the Local Government Climate Congress 2023, where he will give an opening address on the just green transition to the elected representatives of local municipalities who are members of the EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. He will continue discussions in Konin, with stakeholders in the city. Local progress in the green transition, and the challenges of a climate-neutral economy that will create new opportunities for the residents of these coal-mining regions, will be at the heart of the discussions. He will conclude his visit to the country with a visit to the ZE PAK renewable hydrogen project. (NP)