FES Just Climate

How can we increase and speed up the roll out of clean energy? We've seen a big boost in renewables lately. This is great news, but there's still a long way to go. What's holding us back? Issues like permits, grid development, and storage are just a few of the challenges we need to tackle.... More

Industry is in Europe’s DNA, it must go carbon neutral. Meanwhile the world around has become geopolitically more challenging than ever. To preserve prosperity and high-quality jobs forward-looking structural policy is required: be it in the development of infrastructures, lead markets, raw material strategies, trade relations or skills.... More

The climate agenda needs a strong social agenda, or it will fail. People start feeling both the effects of climate change and of mitigation policies on their daily lives. Yet, bold policies to buffer social inequalities are not in place, fueling skepticism and resistance... More

Choose your words wisely. Fear, radical change, sacrifice and loss of control often characterise the debate on climate policy. People also often feel annoyed by moral appeals and finger-wagging and when others trie to tell them how they should live. These are poor motors of change. How to proceed instead? Recognizing barriers and turning to motivators of action is more promising. Positive examples from peers can bring change and establish self strengthening new social norms... More