Three Future Tracks – Gathering Ideas to Accelerate the Green Transition

At the EUKI conference, three inspirational speeches were delivered by Annika Hedberg, Leonora Grcheva and Sven Egenter, providing the EUKICON22 audience with food for thought and discussion in the subsequent EUKI Future Labs.

“A treasure of a funding instrument”

The discussion started with a depiction of how EUKI impacts European cities on the road to energy efficiency and climate neutrality. Ada Ámon, Head of Budapest’s newly established climate department, explained that having a project financed from outside of the country made a difference: it set a different pace, had an imperative to deliver, raised salaries […]

EUKI Interview: Mainstreaming Sustainable Buildings in Europe

We spoke with Aleksandar Jelovac, Ana Šenhold und Marko Markic from EUKI project “Retrofit HUB”. The project focuses on advancing energy retrofit of buildings in Croatia, Poland and Hungary.

Climate Action at Mount Etna – Years of Work bear Fruit

Planting trees, growing vegetables, composting waste – climate action and nature conservation can be very practical and fun. This is something the Manfred-Hermsen-Stiftung and local conservation organisation Giacche Verdi Bronte have been teaching for several years now through three projects funded by the European Climate Initiative (EUKI).

Celebrating 5 Years EUKI

In 2017 the German government launched EUKI, two years after the Paris Climate Agreement. In doing so, it set an example in terms of European climate action and supported the idea that EU climate goals can only be achieved if individual countries, as well as civil societies, work together intensively, exchange ideas and support each other.

Energy Security in Europe – National Perspectives Part 3: Romania

The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the resulting rise in prices of fossil fuels have once again underscored the dilemma facing Europe’s energy supply. How is Romania dealing with the current energy crisis and what are the national strategies to secure the country’s energy supply?

Energy Security in Europe – National Perspectives Part 2: Bulgaria

The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the resulting rise in prices of fossil fuels and Russia’s gas supply freeze to Bulgaria have once again underscored the dilemma facing Europe’s energy supply. How is Bulgaria dealing with the current energy crisis and what are the national strategies to secure the country’s energy supply?

Energy Security in Europe – National Perspectives Part 1: Poland

The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the resulting rise in prices of fossil fuels and Russia’s gas supply freeze to Poland have once again underscored the dilemma facing Europe’s energy supply. How is Poland dealing with the current energy crisis and what are the national strategies to secure the country’s energy supply?

GreenTecLab: Knowledge Pills

The EUKI-funded project GreenTecLab (GTL) has published 13 Knowledge Pills around the topic of green entrepreneurship to support young potential founders in their search for green project ideas. So far, 13 Knowledge Pills have been published in English, Greek, Spanish and Slovak.

Energy Independence Made Easy

Join the citizen energy movement and become independent from fossil energy!