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Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and Policies

150+ experts call on Paris Summit leaders to redirect trillions from fossils, debt, and the 1%

On June 22-23, France and other government leaders are holding a “Summit for a New Global Financial Pact” in Paris, with a goal to “build a new contract between the countries of the North and the South to address climate change and the global crisis.”  150+ economists and experts, including eco-union's president Jérémie Fosse, have sent an open letter calling…
eco-union
23 June, 2023
Energy and Climate ChangeEvent

TIPPING+ Final Conference

The EU funded TIPPING+ project is coming to an end and is organising its Final Conference on Thursday 15th of June in Brussels (and virtually)! TIPPING+ has explored the critical concept of tipping points to improve our scientific understanding and policy implications of deliberate rapid decarbonisation processes in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs). Using the insights of over 20 case studies in…
eco-union
1 June, 2023
Energy and Climate Change

Banking on climate chaos

Fossil fuel finance report 2023 eco-union, together with over 600 organisations from more than 70 countries, has endorsed this year’s edition of the annual fossil fuel finance report: Banking on Climate Chaos 2023. The report was published on 13 April, by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, and urgewald. It looks at…
eco-union
13 April, 2023
Ecological transitionEnergy and Climate ChangeGreen Economy

Next Generation Funds and the energy, climate and ecological transition in Spain

eco-union presented, in the context of the Spanish National Environment Congress 2022 (CONAMA), a report on how the European Next Generation funds contribute to the energy, climate and ecological transition in Spain. It continues the work of analysis and evaluation of the development of these funds, initiated in 2021, with the publication of the document Towards a green, resilient and…
eco-union
8 December, 2022
COP27Ecological transitionEnergy and Climate Change

Fostering the transition in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions

On the 14 of November, eco-union participated in a COP27 side-event held online at the European Pavilion. This event, “Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions in Transition(s) in Europe and Beyond”, discussed the learnings from different EU-funded research and implementation projects (Tipping +, Cintran, Entrances, Tracer) on how to accelerate the just energy transitions in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs)…
eco-union
24 November, 2022
Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and Policies

Global Just Transition(s): From sectoral transition to systemic transformation

Workshop on Global Just Transition(s) "From sectoral transition to systemic transformation: Guiding just transition(s) from carbon intensive and dependent regions towards inclusive, prosperous and resilient economies, communities and societies". This workshop aims to place the concept of just transition within an overarching vision for just transformation, moving from sectoral or regional focused approaches towards a systemic and global perspective: from…
eco-union
3 June, 2021
Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and Policies

The key resource for a climate revolution: citizens

Communities or individual citizens producing, using and selling their own renewable energy could provide up to 89 percent of the electricity demanded in the residential sector by 2050. PROSEU, a European research project, has concluded that in the coming years, European, national and local governments have a unique chance to support ‘prosumerism’ and thus an effective and socially just energy…
eco-union
23 April, 2021
Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and PoliciesGreen EconomyNewsNotes de premsaPress release

The shame of flying and the future of cross-border trains

The European Union and national governments can contribute to the achievement of climate objectives by promoting direct cross-border trains, a common reservation system and investment in rail infrastructure.January 20, 2020.- The European environmental organizations belonging to Europe on Rail, a project represented in Spain by ECODES and eco-union, ask the European Union and national governments for measures to strengthen international…
eco-union
19 January, 2021
Blue EconomyEnergy and Climate ChangeGlobal Eco ForumTourism, cities and mobilitiesUncategorized @ca

A blue Solidarity Economy for a Sustainable Mediterranean

On the 1st of December, the 2020 Edition of the Blue Eco Forum was held on-line, co-organized by eco-union and IesMed . This year’s edition was focused on the Blue Solidarity Economy (BSE), a new concept and field of action that merges the opportunities of the Sustainable Blue Economy with the benefits of the Social and Solidarity Economy. Based on…
eco-union
4 December, 2020