Community visioning for just, clean energy futures in Europe
This report presents findings from SHARED GREEN DEAL’s Clean Energy social experiments, which explored community visioning for energy futures in four locations: Bełchatów (Poland), Granada (Spain), Jaywick (UK), and Ærø (Denmark). The experiments resulted in 21 community visioning workshops with government representatives, businesses and residents who shared visions for thriving, sustainable futures.
The workshops enhanced networking and capacity building amongst participants, strengthening existing energy communities and laying the groundwork for new ones (Granada), resulting in the launch of a community-based energy hub (Jaywick), and demonstrating the importance of non-governmental organisations and women in the transition away from the coal industry (Bełchatów). These results suggest that community visioning can enable wider engagement in just, clean energy transitions through fostering both dialogue and collective action. The report provides recommendations for those who wish to undertake community visioning as a tool to engage people in energy decision-making.
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Authors: University of Galway, Anglia Ruskin University, Bankwatch
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