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Looking towards 2020: A decisive year for the planet, our society and our common future

2019 has left us with mixed feelings. On the positive side, climate change and the protection of our fragile planet has been a global trending topic for citizens, mass media, and even (some) decision-makers, thanks to Greta Thunberg, the climate strikes and two major scientific reports: IPCC on climate and IPBES on biodiversity. The very bad news is that the…
eco-union
14 January, 2020
Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and PoliciesGreen EconomyNewsPress release

New Horizon 2020 research project on European Climate transition

The consortium, lead by the Global Climate Forum, will start mid-2020 a new research project called TIPPING+ on Enabling Positive Tipping Points towards clean-energy transitions in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIR). eco-union will be mainly responsible for stakeholders engagement and dissemination activities. Total amount of the project is around 3 millions and will last for 3 years (2020-2023). Why…
eco-union
14 January, 2020
Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and PoliciesGreen EconomyNewsPress release

Eco-union organizes a side-event on Prosumers for the energy transition at the COP 25 in Madrid

COP25 Side Event - Green Zone  Saturday 7th of December 2019, 13h-14h   Prosumers for the energy transition: Self-consumption of renewable energy by citizens, cities and businesses in Spain and Europe Self-consumption of renewable energy by citizens, cities and businesses (so called prosumers) is a critical driver towards a more decentralized, democratic and zero-carbon energy sector in Spain and Europe.…
eco-union
4 December, 2019
Energy and Climate ChangeGovernance and PoliciesGreen EconomyNewsPress release

Eco-union’s statement regarding UNFCCC COP 25

Barcelona, 03.12.2019 As we are approaching the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) taking place in Madrid from the 2nd to the 13th of December 2019, eco-union would like to reiterate the urgent need for countries, businesses and citizens to commit to a global decrease of GHG emissions in order…
eco-union
3 December, 2019
Energy and Climate ChangeGreen Economy

PROSEU Webinar on Policy Principles for Prosumers

The H2020 PROSEU project invites to a webinar on "Policy Principles for Prosumers – what final NECPs should contain regarding energy communities and the rights of energy citizens" Tuesday, December 3, 2019: 10.30-11.30 CET The Horizon 2020 PROSEU project has been developing a set of principles for prosumer policies that would allow prosumers and energy communities to become an integral…
eco-union
20 November, 2019
Energy and Climate ChangeGreen EconomyNews

Renewable prosumers: exploring new business models and routes to market

European PROSEU project invites you to participate in its upcoming business model workshop hosted by eco-union Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Venue: Can Jaumandreu, Perú, 52, 08018 Barcelona Prosumers are active energy users who both produce and consume energy from renewable sources (RE). Prosumers may be the key players in a distributed and increasingly democratized energy future. The growth of RES…
eco-union
26 May, 2019
Energy and Climate ChangeGreen Economy

PROSEU: Active participation of citizens into Europe’s transition towards fair and clean energy

Press Release, 21 March 2018 PROSEU: Active participation of citizens into Europe’s transition towards fair and clean energy The 3-year project under the EU “Horizon 2020” programme will be launched by a group of researchers and local government representatives from 8 countries at a kick off meeting in Lisbon on 21-22 March 2018. With a focus on the role of citizens in producing…
eco-union
21 March, 2018
Energy and Climate ChangeGreen EconomyNews

COP23 eco-union side events

During the celebration of the COP23, eco-union will co-organize and participate in 3 side-events held in the city of Bonn next Saturday, November 11th. The new report State of the Green Finance in the Mediterranean, made by IEMED and eco-union, will be officially presented seizing the opportunity that represents this 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference. We are pleased to…
eco-union
9 November, 2017
Green Economy

Preliminary findings of our research on the State of Green Finance in the Mediterranean – Barcelona May 25th

On May 25th, in Barcelona, eco-union organized, jointly with IEMed, an international workshop to discuss our preliminary findings of the research on Sustainable, Green and Climate Finance in the Mediterranean region. This new research, already started few month ago, will be released by the beginning of September. About the workshop: Participants: international experts from major IFIs, IGOs, NGOs, national FIs, commercial…
eco-union
29 May, 2017