The European Commission’s Coal Regions in Transition Platform initiative includes a number of activities of relevance to the research community. EURACOAL has been a partner in the EU-supported CoalTech2051 project which has developed a future coal-related research strategy with input from many stakeholders.

This report details the strategy and gives examples of research projects that are already pushing the boundaries to deliver new solutions that can better position coal and the coal regions for the future.