In March 2023, SOLIDAR, the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Open Society Foundations organised a workshop on ‘Empowering Vulnerable Groups in the Green economy’ with experts from a wide range of organisations to identify relevant gaps in research and policy and to propose measures to better support people in vulnerable situations and underrepresented groups in…
In light of global warming, the occurrence of extreme weather events, the radically growing energy prices and the EU’s dependence on oil and gas, now more than ever, we must strengthen all efforts to make the transition to a carbon-free and sustainable economy and society a reality in Europe and beyond. However, the transition to…
December 12 2022 Ahead of the next European Council, which is taking place on 15 December 2022 in Brussels, EEB and SOLIDAR call on political leaders in Europe to recognise that the European Green Deal is a peace project that promotes energy and materials independence, strengthens social, economic and environmental resilience, and, if designed properly, enables a Just…
December 1 2022 Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), CEE Bankwatch, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), WWF EU Policy Office and SOLIDAR organised, on 30 November, a stakeholder meeting aiming to assess the state of the Territorial Just Transition Plans and discuss how their implementation can ensure more inclusion, transparency and strategic advancement of a Just Transition in Europe….
November 28 2022 The latest IPCC report, published in early April 2022, confirmed that, unless humanity puts in place rapid, deep and immediate cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, we’ll exceed the limits to stay within 1.5C within the next ten years or so – well ahead of the 2100 milestone set by the Paris…
November 25 2022 On 21 November, together with Social Platform, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), SOLIDAR held a policy discussion on the issues of energy poverty and a just energy transition in Europe. Energy prices are soaring. Poverty is increasing. Already before the energy price crisis, millions of Europeans lived in energy poverty, now…
October 28 2022 A group of over 180 trade unions, civil society organisations, think tanks and academics from across Europe have signed an open letter to EU leaders calling for them to address the underlying structural problems of our economic system ahead of the European Commission’s publication of its orientation paper on the reform of the EU…
October 10, 2022 Can Europe lead a Just Transition? This question was at the centre of the event that SOLIDAR held on 6 October in Brussels and that brought together EU-level decision-makers, civil society representatives, researchers and other stakeholders in the Just Transition. The European Green Deal (EGD), the EU’s strategy to reach climate neutrality by 2050,…
October 11, 2022 SOLIDAR joins more than 35 social, environmental and industry organisations and calls on co-legislators to adopt a strong Social Climate Fund to tackle the energy and climate crises. The EU has the tools to address the parallel social, climate and energy security crises, but it is failing to make the most of them. ETS revenues are higher than ever and…
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