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Home > Archives for Energy transformation

Energy transformation

The European Green Deal Tracker

March 31, 2026

The European Green Deal, originally envisioned as the EU’s major strategy for achieving climate neutrality, is now facing significant political, social, and environmental challenges.

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Protecting the just transition in the EU’s proposed national and regional partnership plans

March 16, 2026

This briefing analyses the next EU budget proposal from a just transition perspective.

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Can the EU’s Social Climate Fund reach vulnerable households in Estonia?

March 5, 2026

As Estonia prepares for the EU’s next long-term budget and financial instruments, it is equally important to assess how these new support measures are designed and reviewed. In collaboration with national authorities, we at the Estonian Green Movement are actively seeking solutions to ensure that support effectively reaches vulnerable households. To assist in this process, the Centre of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Tartu has developed a data-driven model that gives these households a fairer chance of accessing support.

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From just transition to competitive decarbonisation: What the EU’s new policy architecture means for regional cohesion

March 5, 2026

This report investigates the main objectives and instruments of this new policy shift and how it affects the EU’s just transition regions.

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Citizens’ forums driving decarbonisation in central and eastern Europe: Lessons in public participation

February 25, 2026

Across nine countries in central and eastern Europe, citizens’ forums have been tested as practical tools for involving local voices in decisions regarding decarbonisation

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Ensuring transparency in the drafting of the National and Regional Partnership Plans

February 9, 2026

The 53 organisations call on the European Commission and Member States to ensure transparent, structured, and inclusive National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs). 

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Legal, technical and financial challenges facing energy communities in central and eastern Europe

December 29, 2025

This briefing identifies the legal, technical and financial barriers facing energy communities in five EU Member States.

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Hungary’s energy transition at risk due to missed EU milestones

December 29, 2025

Hungary is moving to scale back its national recovery and resilience plan, reflecting the government’s struggles to complete the reforms and investments required by the European Commission under the Recovery and Resilience Facility by the end of August 2026.

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RePowering the regions: How working groups can support local decarbonisation efforts

December 18, 2025

This briefing analyses the work of four decarbonisation working groups established in just transition regions in Latvia, Slovakia, Estonia and Hungary.

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The ‘do no significant harm’ principle revisited – lessons from Poland for the next EU budget

December 16, 2025

The ‘do no significant harm’ (DNSH) principle is supposed to prevent EU funds from being invested in projects that harm the environment and undermine climate action. Though the principle is meant to increase awareness of the importance of environmental aspects in EU-funded projects, weak and incoherent implementation has hampered its effectiveness across the EU. Lessons learnt in Poland, the largest beneficiary of EU funds, can help improve the application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle in the next EU long-term budget.

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