This podcast episode explores how France and Poland are grappling with the social challenges of the energy transition as the EU prepares for major climate policy changes.   The discussion examines the links between housing and energy, the risks of energy poverty, and the political tensions around the new EU Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2).  We also reflect on the EU’s new 2040 climate target and the postponement…

In the latest episode, with our guest, Kostiantyn Krynytskyi, head of the energy department at Ecoaction, we discuss how just transition relates to Ukraine’s reconstruction, what the just transition progress is despite the war on Ukraine and how communities came together for transformative projects.  

In this episode of our podcast, with our guest, Zuzanna Sasiak, just transition policy officer at Bankwatch, we discuss the implementation of the Just Transition Fund in the six EU countries, the impact it had and its uncertain future.  

In the latest episode, with our guests, Mykola Kobets, researcher at Bankwatch and Anastasiia Nahorna, analyst at Transport and Environment, we discuss the Single Project Pipeline, its progress and impact on the Ukraine Reconstruction.  

In the latest episode, with our guest, Kertu Laherand, just transition campaigner in the Estonian Green Movement, we discuss the progress of the Just Transition Fund in Estonia, as well as transformative projects financed from the Fund. 

In this podcast episode, we focus on one of the EU’s most pressing social challenges: ensuring that the green transition leaves no one behind. As the EU prepares to roll out the Social Climate Fund and introduce the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS2), we explore what these changes mean for housing, energy poverty and the fight against homelessness.   Bringing insights both from EU-wide and national perspectives, our guests Eva Schwab and Juraj…

This podcast episode explores the EU’s Social Climate Fund and development of the national social climate plans in central and eastern Europe. Drawing on recent publications by Bankwatch, E3G, Rescoop.eu and Oeko-Institut, our guests discuss the design of the plans and the extent of civil society involvement.     Join our guests Chris Vrettos, Kristina Zindulková and Zuzanna Sasiak for a discussion moderated by Maris Pedaja, in which they assess stakeholder participation, identify risks and good practices, and consider how early lessons can strengthen national spending plans and guide…

Cohesion policy is at a crossroads. While the mid-term review of the next EU budget was meant to give clarity to long-term funding priorities, the European Commission’s April communication on a modernised cohesion policy marks a fundamental shift in direction.  In our latest podcast episode, we explore whether the mid-term review of the EU budget…

Partizánske may be a small town in Slovakia, but it has major potential to cut emissions. In collaboration with the town’s local authority and other stakeholders, CEPA–Friends of the Earth Slovakia have begun collecting data and laying the groundwork for a modernised district heating system.  In the latest episode of our ‘decarbonisation roadmap’ podcast series,…

Petroșani, a town in Romania’s Jiu Valley, located in one of the country’s six just transition regions, suffers from high energy poverty. Despite a lack of national data, recent research by Bankwatch – conducted in close collaboration with local stakeholders – shows that Petroșani could become a prime example of a place-based solution – one…