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Climate Action Connecting Europe – EUKI E-Paper 2022

On the occasion of its 5th anniversary, the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) published an interactive e-paper. In words and figures, it illustrates the idea behind the EUKI and presents two of the 179 climate action projects financed so far. Quotes from Federal Minister Dr. Robert Habeck and the director of the Polish think tank Forum Energii, Joana Pandera, outline the political framework of the initiative. The clickable icons provide you with further information on the annual call for project ideas, the EUKI Academy and the 8 topics of the EUKI.

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Green innovations for local transformation processes: European startups as drivers for transition


Green innovations for local transformation processes: European startups as drivers for transition

The new issue of Transition, publication series of the FIAP e.V., “Green innovations for local transformation processes: European startups as drivers for transition” is based on the experiences and results of the GreenTecLab project.

Project partners and other important actors provide an overview of the activities in the different regions in the various contributions. Project experience and results are shared and challenges and successes are reported. Furthermore, the articles also explore how green business ideas, innovations and projects contribute to supporting environmental, social, cultural and economic change in the regions.

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GTL – Green Tec Labs

Understanding the gaps and addressing the potentials of energy sufficiency in “catching-up” European economies


Understanding the Gaps and Addressing the Potentials of Energy Sufficiency in “Catching-up” European Economies

This paper by EUKI project CACTUS – Consolidating Ambitious Climate Targets with End-Use Sufficiency addresses reasons and ways to bridge the gap between energy efficiency and energy sufficiency in policy making. With a focus on two “catching-up” economies in Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary and Lithuania, it examines the role of energy sufficiency in strengthening climate mitigation actions. The goal is to pave the way for the development of sufficiency policies by raising the awareness of policymakers on the sufficiency concept and its mitigation role.

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CACTUS – Consolidating Ambitious Climate Targets with End-Use Sufficiency

Please Don’t Let Them Be Misunderstood!


Please Don’t Let Them Be Misunderstood!

Mystery shopping is a convenient tool that is gaining momentum in the finance sector to understand professionals’ behavior in front of clients. It’s becoming common practice for European regulators dealing with consumer protection issues to integrate mystery shopping in their toolkit.

EUKI Project Sustainable Finance and Consumer Protection conducted a mistery shopping campaign in six European countries focusing on the consideration of clients’ sustainability motivations by financial advisors. The results, presented in the report “Please Don’t Let Them Be Misunderstood!”, give an overview of various practices of financial advisors across Europe and challenges the upcoming regulation’s capability to address the most common pitfalls.

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Sustainable Finance and Consumer Protection

What do your clients actually want?


What do your Clients actually want?

The majority of retail clients across Europe have sustainability investment objectives. In climate action policies, however, “sustainable finance” has so far only played a minor role.

To enable financial advisors to better take into account the sustainability goals of their clients in the future, the EUKI project Sustainable Finance and Consumer Protection conducted a survey in six European countries. In its latest report, “What do your clients actually want?”, results from the survey were used to build estimates of potential market shares for different sustainable finance products and thus want clients actually want.

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Sustainable Finance and Consumer Protection

Guidebook Living Streets


Guidebook Living Streets

European cities today are confronted with complex issues in urban planning and other societal issues, such as climate change or migration. Thus, municipalities, companies and residents should work together to find creative solutions to meet these challenges.

As an inspiration to rethink public space in cities, the EUKI project Living Streets by Energy Cities created the guide “Living Streets – From Citizen Engagement To Citizen Ownership: A Guidebook For Municipalities”. It gives step-by-step guidance to identify and create living urban spaces together with the various stakeholders and animates with colorful success stories

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Living Streets

Mapping Solar Potential in Pilot Municipalities


Mapping Solar Potential in Pilot Municipalities

This report of the EUKI project Solar Adria describes different models and methodologies for solar potential mapping. One of the goals of the project is potential replicability of its approach in other municipalities of the Adriatic region. Therefore, Solar Adria summarised the described methodology in several steps to guide the interested municipalities through the process of solar potential map development.

Mapping Solar Potential in Pilot Municipalities

Solar Adria

Feasibility Studies for Installing Photovoltaic Power Plants on Municipality Buildings


Feasibility Studies for Installing Photovoltaic Power Plants on Municipality Buildings

EUKI project Solar Adria accelerates solar power development in Adriatic municipalities. The objectives of the project are to explore on a municipal level how stakeholders perceive and contribute to energy transition through solar development. Solar Adria provides solar potential maps for target municipalities and creates a matchmaking platform to connect any interested investors with the municipality administration and other target groups.

The project co-develops two solar projects, one in each pilot municipality, by providing technical and economic information. Implementing organisation Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP) performed four feasibility studies for photovoltaic power plants in Starigrad in Croatia and Koper in Slovenia.

Feasibility Study Starigrad Opcina
Feasibility Study Starigrad Vrtic
Feasibility Study Koper Burja
Feasibility Study Koper Bertoki

Solar Adria

Educational Tools To Approach Food Sustainability: Toolkit


Educational Tools To Approach Food Sustainability: Toolkit

With food production accounting for up to 37 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, changing individual dietary habits plays a critical role in combating climate change.

In this toolkit “Educational Tools To Approach Food Sustainability – Toolkit of Activities”, the EUKI project Bringing Climate Action to the Table has put together activities that will serve as an inspiration for educators, organisations and government agencies to address the relationship between our eating habits and climate change in formal, non-formal or informal settings in an educational and interactive way.

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Bringing Climate Action to the Table

Educational Tools To Approach Food Sustainability: Handbook


Educational Tools To Approach Food Sustainability: Handbook Escape Room Activity

With food production accounting for up to 37 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, changing individual dietary habits plays a critical role in combating climate change.

In this handbook “Educational Tools To Approach Food Sustainability – Escape Room”, the EUKI project Bringing Climate Action to the Table has put together a guide that will serve as an inspiration for educators, organisations and government agencies to address the relationship between our eating habits and climate change in formal, non-formal or informal settings in an educational and interactive way.

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Bringing Climate Action to the Table