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ENERGY TRANSITION

EYEN’s first General Assembly: behind the scenes of a youth-led energy transition

Big transformation requires representation, especially in the just (energy) transition. Not only in Brussels, but in all European capitals. In a Europe-wide network.  One month ago, the European Youth Energy Network came together for our first General Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the Federation. The General Assembly reunited all our member organisations to elect officials and welcome new member organisations in our network. After setting up the foundations of it all over the last 1.5 years, the European Youth Energy Network got officially established as an international non-profit organisation (“Association internationale sans but lucratif”, AISBL) and we could celberate this… Read More »EYEN’s first General Assembly: behind the scenes of a youth-led energy transition

Citizen’s Perspective On The Urban Energy Transition: Youth-Led Event On The Road Towards COP26

Driven by climate change and public pressure, the engagement of city governments has continued to grow in the past few years. EYEN, the umbrella organisation and European network of energy-focused youth organisations placing youth at the heart of the European energy transition partnered up with REN21, Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability Europe, Young Energy Specialists and Development Co-operation (YES-DC), BRICS Youth Energy Agency and Student Energy to launch the event to accelerate this transformation process. The ambition behind it: incentivise collaboration between cities of different regions and increase the awareness of citizens. Lea Ranalder (Project Manager, REN21 – Renewable… Read More »Citizen’s Perspective On The Urban Energy Transition: Youth-Led Event On The Road Towards COP26