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Launch of Energy Poverty Advisory Hub!
The conference that launched the European Energy Poverty Advisory Hub-EPAH on November 22-23 was organised to present the initiative and create a favourable environment for the exchange of good practices aimed at reducing energy poverty.
European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, in her opening speech emphasized the important role of municipalities in just transition process. It is municipality that is able to reach those in need, therefore local authorities must be at the forefront of implementing solutions aimed at reducing energy poverty.
BEACON comic book - an inspiring graphic story for young people who want to make a change - finally in Polish!
With great joy we announce that the long awaited, unique comic book “Climate change challenge” is now available in Polish.
Created by Portuguese artists Bruno Pinto, Quico Nogueira and Nuno Duarte, based on real stories showing consequences of climate change in countries participating in the project the book follows an incredible story of Sofia and her brother Gabriel, who travel across Europe. Sofia’s goal is to develop a board game about preventing climate change and adapting to its consequences. Seeking inspiration she, along with her brother, visits France, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechia, Greece and Italy, where she witnesses the effects and increasingly dramatic consequences of climate change. The siblings can also see what’s been done in terms of completing the objectives of the Paris Agreement – a global plan, signed by over 190 countries, including the EU, that should protect us from a great threat posed by climate change by containing the global temperature rise below 2°C. Sofia and Gabriel can witness how authorities, local communities and climate change activists counteract the negative effects of climate change: preparing agriculture, forestry and urban development for it and reducing the share of fossil energy. All the ideas, experiences and solutions the siblings have collected, make it clear that climate change is far more complex and real than they thought, but that municipalities, local communities and climate actors can really make a big difference as long as they engage in pro-ecological activities together. Sofia realises that her game must be based not on competition but on cooperation, because the climate change is a challenge for all of us and only together we are able to tackle it.
Visual workshop in Sztum - inspiring collaboration for climate neutrality
Active local leaders, representatives of schools, kindergarten, Municipal and Communal Social Assistance Centre (MGOPS), Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP), Sztum's Cultural Centre, Senior Citizens' Club and the Group of Rural Housewives in Czernin, as well as the Municipal Council of Sztum gathered on 7 October this year in the premises of the Senior Citizens' Club+ to better understand the concept of climate neutrality during a visual workshop and to co-create a common vision of Sztum in a climate-neutral future.
The aim of the BEACON workshop was to explain what climate neutrality means and demystify its concept while creating opportunity to engage with the citizens on the link between climate action and local development.
The city of Sztum has been implementing quite a number of such activities - starting with the use of wind and solar energy in the city and municipality, and support of the energy production from renewable sources in 125 households, through joining the new Covenant of Mayors, developing the Climate and Energy Action Plan and the city Low Emission Programme, to creation of a new position for the integrated city and municipality development and the implementation of the climate projects.
Campus Technical Meeting within the S3UNICA project
We would like to invite you to participate in Campus Technical Meeting, which is a part of the exchange of knowledge and experience program implemented within the S3UNICA project: Smart Specialization University Campuses. The event will be held in an online format on 21 October 2021 from 13:00 - 15:00 and is aimed at representatives of universities and research institutes interested in the topics of energy management, development of renewable energy sources and innovative energy technologies on university campuses. The meeting is organized and realized by LUT University and the Regional Council of South Karelia in Finland.
3rd meeting of the Polish Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group within the ENTRAIN project
On 9 September 2021 in the City Hall of Płońsk, after a break of more than a year due to the pandemic, the third personal meeting of the Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group established under the ENTRAIN project took place. The members of RSAG are the representatives of the city and municipality of Plonsk, municipal companies operating in the heating sector, as well as universities and local municipalities. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Anna Jaskuła - Director of the Association of Municipality Polish Network "Energie Cités".
At the beginning of the event there were reminded the objectives and realized activities and their results so far, as well as other activities planned for the near future. The representative of University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw reminded the participants of the most important principles of the prepared Regional Action Plan for development of heating networks based on RES in the target region of the project, which is Płońsk County and the area of the Płońsk Energy Cluster. The current political, legal and financial framework for the development of heating based on RES was also presented.
