Unlock 200+ energy careers: Energy Transition Careers Compass launches at COP28 🚀
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Dear reader, welcome back to our network! This month, discover:
🌱 EYEN launches the Energy Transition Careers Compass at COP28
🦜 EYEF2023: presenting 6 solutions for meaningful youth engagement
🏛 Young Energy Consumers at the 15th Citizens’ Energy Forum
🚀 Bundesverband Junge Energie: call for young participants to E-World
📚 Read of the month: YES-Europe’s Women in Energy Transition series
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EYEN presents the *new* Energy Transition
Careers Compass at COP28🌱🧭
This year’s climate conference – COP28 – is taking place in Dubai from November 30 to December 12 and EYEN is bringing solutions to the discussions 🧳 Over the last months, our COP28 Task Force has been working hard to ensure that energy transition careers are part of the annual conference that brings representatives (and youth!) from all over the world to discuss climate mitigation and adaptation. What is happening in these two intense weeks? 💭
✅ The official launch of the Energy Transition Careers Compass (ETCC) 🧭, the online tool empowering youth and professionals to discover careers in the energy transition. By 2030, a total of more than 30 million jobs could be created in clean energy, efficiency and low-emissions technologies (according to IEA reports). But — growing demand is meeting with skilled labour shortages, and young people face uncertainty in identifying their role within this landscape. We are here to help 🤝. The permanently growing platform maps a diversity of job roles across the green energy ecosystem, giving insights into different careers available, required skills and a description with more info. Want to have a look? You can find our platform at Green Jobs Tree – our tech partner – just click on energy!
✅ 3 high-level side events with key speakers across sectors 🎤 – because youth needs to be considered as a relevant stakeholder group in the roundtables, and the capacity of the youth workforce in the energy transition boosted (featuring concrete data 📈, essential green skills and solutions!). Key event partner: YES-Europe (Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability), and more.
✅ Lots of international connections with global stakeholders for trust, long lasting collaborations & implementing solutions for a better energy transition (reach out to us at careerscompass@youthenergy.eu for info on the project, and at info@youthenergy.eu for general questions ✉️).
Together, we can grow the energy transition workforce and empower youth. Contribute to the project with this 5 minute survey on green energy jobs, if you work in the sustainable energy sector. Find out more about the Energy Transition Careers Compass on our website and check out the project’s booklet below👇(for more on our partners, the ETCC task force, their goals, and the way they are are working to make a difference in the energy sector) ✅
Discover the ETCC booklet 📖
COP28 & the Energy Transition Careers Compass: in the words of representatives of the COP28 Task Force
Federica Matone, a Public Policy Master’s student at Sciences Po Paris, is an incoming intern at the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa. After completing a UN Secretariat internship in climate communication, she joined the EYEN COP28 Task Force to enhance COP28 side events, and work in networking and youth engagement in the energy sector.
“From COP28, I expect a renewed emphasis on integrating youth perspectives at the forefront of climate action and the energy transition. By presenting the Energy Transition Careers Compass as an instrument to build energy transition careers, we hope to empower the next generation, enabling them to play a pivotal role in driving the energy transition and guiding us towards a sustainable and resilient future.”
Aretina Stefani earned her Law Degree from Queen Mary University of London and is currently pursuing an LLM in Energy and Climate Law at the University of Groningen. In 2021, she interned at the Centre for Environmental Law Education Research and Advocacy in India, and represented the European Law Students Association in the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development of 2021. She attended COY17 and EYEF2022.
“From COP28, I expect a paradigm shift in the way we think about the energy transition. It is not enough to decarbonise existing systems, we must address how people access and consume energy, who has ownership and control over its production, and what makes people feel empowered towards generating energy in a fair and inclusive way. To truly achieve a net-zero future, we need a global response to the unjust divide in the policy mindset and to restructure our energy systems with hands-on solutions.”
Pedro is a European Funds Specialist at EDP, a global energy company. Supported by a background in Environmental Engineering and Public Policy, he oversees diverse global projects, managing various stakeholders, and closely monitoring different energy policies. He can often be found attending energy conferences, a passion that he now balances with his role as a Content Manager at the Energy Transition Careers Compass.
“There is a growing emphasis on two themes in anticipation of COP28: the main review of the Paris Agreement since its creation back in 2015, the Global Stocktake, and the theme of Loss and Damage. We want the news to cover a third highlight post-COP: the Energy Transition Careers Compass.”
Take me to the Energy Transition Careers Compass 🧭
#EYEF2023: presenting
6 solutions for meaningful youth engagement 🦜
Since 2022, EYEN organises the European Youth Energy Forum with the mission of creating the space for youth to voice its opinion and collaborate with energy stakeholders towards concrete action.
The first edition in Lisbon gathered 45 young participants and resulted in concrete proposals for meaningful youth engagement in the European energy transition, presented to EU and Portuguese officials. The second edition of EYEF has just happened in Berlin: find out everything about it below in our special report from behind the scenes! 🍿👇
How do you connect the voice of youth in the European energy transition? We did it with 40 young energy professionals at📍Fraunhofer Energy & Climate in Berlin and one goal: reviewing 6 solutions for better youth engagement in the energy sector.
👉 In the two months leading up to the in-person event, participants collaborated in 6 groups – one dedicated to each proposal – to create a step-by-step shareable roadmap for stakeholders to implement the solutions in their organisations, companies or institutions:
🎯 The creation of a Youth Energy Council
🎯 Energy transition workshops for high school students
🎯 One-stop-shop for youth energy engagement
🎯 Just Energy Transition Trainings
🎯 Work-study programmes
🎯 National Talent Pool for blue collar workers in the energy sector
🤝 In Berlin, they finalised their work with the help of experts from the private and public sector like Statkraft, the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Action, the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), the German Renewable Energy Agency (AEE) and Elia. In different formats, stakeholders from the energy sector joined our three-day discussions, from 31 October to 3 November, and took the stage 🎤 with the participants.
But #EYEF2023 is not over yet: keep an eye on our social media, as this year’s position paper will be published soon 📝 In the meantime, you can rewatch the closing livestream with us to see the 6 proposal teams present our concrete solutions on stage 📺 👉 and reach out if you’d like to help us organise the next European Youth Energy Forum!
Rewatch: 6 concrete solutions for youth engagement 📑📺
Young Energy Consumers
at the 15th Citizens’ Energy Forum 📣
🏛 In April 2023, EYEN created the Young Energy Consumers (YEC) Task Force with an ambitious goal: making young energy consumers more visible in EU policy at a time when they are seriously underrepresented (see our story for more!)
📚Over the last months, the YEC Task Force has built knowledge on youth as an energy consumer group in Europe and the specific topic of energy poverty, collaborated & presented its findings to stakeholders such as the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) and the European Commission.
📝 On the 8th of November, the Task Force presented its statement to the 15th Citizens’ Energy Forum in Dublin, the yearly event organised by the European Commission and the Irish Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) to create a bridge between stakeholders involved in EU energy consumption.
A sneak-peek into the YEC Task Force’s findings 👇 📑
📊 Young energy consumers (18-35 years old) earn an average monthly salary ranging from 1400 to 1600 euros a month. They predominantly live in rented homes, which have low energy efficiency ratings (classes C-E).
🌡They can be considered as extremely vulnerable to energy poverty because of their reduced disposable income and substandard housing, often with poor insulation, and lacking access to affordable energy services.
❌ No country has implemented specific energy policies tailored to address the unique needs of youth. Youth is not classified as a vulnerable group, and data on youth experiencing energy poverty remains scarce.
🚀 Read the Task Force’s statement to discover our concrete proposals to address energy poverty in youth: from landlord mandates and special incentives, to enhanced youth participation and increased research on youth as a fundamental stakeholder group in the energy sector 🤝
Rewatch the live stream to find out more 💻
Check out the project’s dedicated page 📊
EYEN elects Governing Board 📣
& welcomes new member organisation 🏛
🚀 Our network is growing! EYEN’s latest General Assembly on the 15th of November reunited all our member organisations to connect on the network’s achievements for 2023 and think about the future of EYEN. 💭
👏👏 For starters, the organisation elected new officials in our Governing Board, which officially represents and manages the federation and is now composed by Federico Barbieri (President), Carlotta Ferri (Vice-President), Jonas Henke (Treasurer), and Marco Gervasi (EYEN Development). 🌱They will be supported by our incoming Advisory Board, which provides strategic advice on our activities and all aspects of the work of the organisation (nominees to be appointed soon, upon confirmation!)
With the last General Assembly, we also welcomed a new member organisation: the Young Energy Professionals Forum. 🎊🎊🎊
👉 The YEP Forum is a community of over 2000 members at Energy UK – from analysts to engineers and many more – that promotes and inspires the next generation of energy industry leaders, providing opportunities to connect, develop, and recognise success. The Forum runs events and initiatives that covers the whole spectrum of the energy sector, offers insights on pressing issues and career perspectives. Curious? Check out their website for more >
In the next year, they will work towards EYEN’s strategic objectives:
🎯Empower and create spaces for youth to act in the energy transition
🎯Connect youth with stakeholders and coordinate efforts
🎯Advocate for youth in sustainable energy and reshape youth engagement
📈Want to know more about how we’re going to get there? Stay tuned to follow EYEN’s journey towards meaningful youth engagement in the European energy transition and in the meantime, check out our story and our objectives 📸
News from the broader network 🌍
Bundersverband Junge Energie
invites youth participants to E-World 🌊💡
Bundesverband Junge Energie e.V. (BJE) was established in 2018 as an organisation dedicated to fostering student initiatives in the energy industry and its sustainability based in Aachen, Germany, and became a member of EYEN in July 2022. Since its founding, the organisation has been growing steadily, and had very intense last year – packed with discussions with businesses, stakeholders, and a renewed board! 🌱
👉 BJE represents the voice of youth at Germany’s main energy sector conferences, and this December it is inviting young participants to participate to E-World, the leading European trade fair for the energy and water industries organised by Messe Essen and con|energy and taking place from the 20th to the 22nd of February in Essen, Germany.
The fair is the perfect place to get to know more about core topics such as energy generation, efficiency, trade, transport, storage and green technologies, connect & collaborate on innovative solutions for the energy transition and participate to the fair’s career day. ♻️📑
📣 For more information and to express your interest, contact BJE at leonard.riemer@youthenergy.eu and discover the Conference’s Programme! 📝
📚 A sneak peek into our read of the month 📚
The latest interview series “Women in the Energy Transition” by our member organisation YES-Europe is dedicated to shining a spotlight on women and their invaluable contribution to the energy transition.
For their first article, the YES-Europe team interviewed Helena Dalli, the European Commissioner for Equality. Her crucial role involves championing gender equality, and spearheading policies that emphasise non-discrimination, diversity, and inclusion throughout the European Union.
Find out more on gender imbalance in the energy sector, its negative impacts on society and economic growth, and Commission-led initiatives dedicated to reaching gender equality at YES-Europe. 🚀
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