Lessons from last winter – fighting energy poverty and ill-health
Fossil-free cities
Community energyCapacity-building for cities caring for energy justice
Short-term alleviation measures to energy poverty don’t go far enough. Structural empowerment by improving not only the homes, but also the health of vulnerable people is needed. A whole new urban program focusing on this energy poverty-health nexus needs to be invented by cities across Europe.
AGENDA
| 10:00 | Welcome and moderation by Miriam Eisermann, Communication & EU Policies at Energy Cities |
| Energy poverty in Europe: a mastered chaos? Joao Pedro Gouveia, Senior Researcher, NOVA University Lisbon/EPAH | |
| 10:10-10:20 | Incorporating health in urban (energy) policies Elena Rocher, Health Program Officer at Las Naves |
| 10:20-10:30 | Energy poverty and underlying health issues: initial insights from winter research in 2022/2023 Merel Stevens, Junior researcher at Erasmus Medical School |
| 10:30-10:40 | Q&A with audience |
| 10:40-11:10 | Challenges and coping strategies in committed cities in the North and South of Europe Spain: Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, Energy Officer at Las Naves Marta Garcia-Paris, Energy Consultant at Ecoserveis Latvia Dr. Dina Bite, Head of Department at Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Latvia University |
| 11:10-11:20 | Q&A with audience |
| 11:20-11:30 | How is experience on the ground reflected and facilitated in European legislation? Feedback from the European Commission and wrap-up Veronika Jirickova, Energy Efficiency Policy Officer, European Commission – DG ENER |
Expected outputs
This event is mainly for policy influencers and local stakeholders wanting to propose services that benefit the most vulnerable and cities wanting to design exit energy poverty strategies. They can learn from existing experiences, ask questions and find interesting contacts. Also, the evidence-based recommendations shared by the speakers from their ground and research work during last winter can be useful inputs for public authorities who will engage in mid- and long-term measures on energy justice.
This event is being organised in the framework of the WELLBASED project, co-funded by Horizon 2020.
