Stakeholder dialogue in practice: Just Transition in the European car industry
On May 12, 2022, the conference “Just Transition: Where is the European car industry heading?” was held in Brussels. Organised by German NELA. Next Economy Lab with the support of six partner organisations from, Croatia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany, the co-creative conference placed great emphasis on bringing together different stakeholders to enable and facilitate dialogue. Representatives at the conference included industry, environmental NGOs, academia, trade unions from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as policy makers from the European Commission and Parliament.
EUKI in German TV: Report on Young Volunteers and Students within the Project Humus per la Biosfera
A TV team from the Bayerische Rundfunk accompanied our activities to report on the daily Sicilian life of young German volunteers, who are contributing to nature protection and environmental education within the Humus project.
EUCENA presents: Renewable Energy Made Easy: The Course for You by EUCENA.
EUCENA is offering online courses to teach the methods and techniques of creating a energy community in your own neighbourhood.
Identifying the gaps and barriers in deep energy renovation of school buildings through UPGREAT
The UPGREAT project works to upgrade professionals’ skills for deep renovations which are needed to sustainably transform the buildings sector to fulfil high energy and low carbon emissions standards.
Important Milestones of EUKI project „Together for Sustainable School“
Euki project “Together for Sustainable School” team has launched the digital project platform for teachers as well as organized the youth conference to mark the final step of the Ambassadors program.
ClimArchiTrip / Six Pieces of Experience from Berlin
As part of the ClimArchiNet project in Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin, we prepared a 3-day study trip for a group of 24 experts from the Czech Republic visiting inspiring buildings with professional guides and an interpreter into Czech. The aim of this trip was to present 6 examples of current construction projects in Berlin.
Socially Just Carbon Pricing Policies in CEE
Improving understanding of how to price carbon in the transport and building sectors in Poland and Romania in a socially just manner.
Local Energy Transition in a City Tandem
In 2019, the first “Franco-German Energy Transition Week” took place in 70 cities in France and Germany. A second virtual edition was organized in 2021 by Energy Cities. The project launched the “Tandem” initiative, in which 15 French-German climate action partnerships are now leading local energy transition projects in their cities and communities. The cities of Metz and Worms were elected ‘champion partnership’ in 2019. They developed an Escape Game on climate change and conducted a joint study on heat islands and climate oases.
In 2021, 10 energy transition actions, including a participatory construction site on ecological renovation, were funded with support from the Franco-German Citizens’ Fund.
Sustainable Ecosystem for Climate Education
Engaging students in climate action by making climate change education an integral part of school curricula in Lower Silesia.
UPGREAT: Renovation following the Passive House Concept
The UPGREAT project works to upgrade professionals’ skills for deep renovations which are needed to sustainably transform the buildings sector to fulfill high energy and low carbon emissions standards.