Provisional agreement on energy efficiency: lights and shadows
In this blog post, I analyse the provisional agreement to reform the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, which lays down rules and obligations for achieving the EU’s 2030 energy efficiency targets.
Social Climate Fund: A giant with feet of clay?
In this blog post, I analyse the Social Climate Fund, its major strengths and weaknesses
Energy Charter Treaty: Reform or Exit?
In this blog post, I analyse the ongoing debate on the reform of the Energy Charter Treaty
Save gas for a safe winter: towards the ‘end of abundance’?
In this blog post, I analyse the European Commission’s proposal ‘Save gas for a safe winter‘, which launched a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan focused on overall energy savings
A soft energy path for a just, sustainable and peaceful Europe
In this blog post, I look at “soft”, community-based, energy models as an answer to both the energy, environmental and social crisis
Ukraine and the geopolitics of the energy transition: the EU at a crossroads
In this blog post, Béla Galgóczi and I discuss the shattering consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine for workers and for the just transition away from fossil fuels
Commission guidelines on environmental state aids: A ‘Just Transition’ perspective
In this blog post, Kalina Arabadjieva and I present and discuss the EC Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy
From Justice to Fairness?
In this blog post, I discuss the concepts of justice and fairness in recent EU policies to contrast climate change
The ‘Penelope’s Web’ of Energy Transition
In this blog post, Béla Galgóczi and I unravel the “Penelope’s Web” of energy transition, discussing the determinants of energy inflation and poverty
EU Researchers Must go Green!
In this blog post, I explain the importance of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Green Charter for MSCA researchers and beyond
MSCA Green Charter
Following the European Commission’s commitment to tackling climate change, the MSCA Green Charter lays down a set of general principles and objectives that promote the sustainable implementation of research activities in line with the European Green Deal, the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
Inspiring ETUI’s paper by Éloi Laurent
This ETUI’s working paper focuses on the need to turn the welfare state into a ‘social-ecological state’ in the face of the growing human impact of climate change and to a develop social-ecological protection (focusing on old age and heatwaves)
EU project about collective bargaining and environmental sustainability
Co-funded by the DG Employment of the European Commission, this projects investigates the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in promoting sustainable development and the Just Transition to a low-carbon economy
