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[EN] Setting the scene for a critical exploration of the roles of citizens in the European energy transition
This autumn and winter 2021-2022, EU citizens are facing soaring energy prices caused by a fossil fuel crisis. While international climate negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow left much to be desired¹, the EU needs to speed up its transition away from fossil fuels. An increasingly decentralized energy mix offers new opportunities for greater citizen participation in the energy system. At the same time, public participation and social acceptability of energy and climate policy will determine the success of EU ambitions to become the world’s first climate neutral continent by 2050².
EnergyPROSPECTS is a Horizon 2020 project (2021-2024) that contributes to an increased understanding of citizens’ role in the European energy transition and draws policy recommendations, from the local to the EU level, to promote active energy citizenship. The transition is becoming everyone’s business. What does this mean for citizens’ roles in the European energy transition?
This synthesis brief summarises EnergyPROSPECTS first publication, the conceptual framework, that maps the landscape of energy citizenship today, both theoretically and politically. It lays the foundations for the project and opens the concept for a more realistic and nuanced view of energy citizenship.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
PUBLICATIONS
Energy Citizenship: A Holistic Vision for Citizen Engagement in the European Energy Transition
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National Policy Measures and Best Practices for Citizen Engagement in the Energy Transition
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Enhancing Energy Citizenship through Business and Social Innovation Models
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Elections européennes 2024 : les partisans du Pacte vert se disent rassurés
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La part des véhicules électriques dans l’UE a atteint 15,5 % en 2023
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Recul des Verts au Parlement européen : “L’environnement a été dilué parmi d’autres priorités”
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ÉVÉNEMENTS
EVENTS
Round Table | Energy PROSPECTS EU Knowledge Exchange Workshop
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Paris, 5 November 2019 – How to finance Energy Innovation in Europe in order to reach Climate neutrality by 2050?
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