Publications
Free studies, reports and recommendations providing guidance, tools and inspiration to energy transitioners.
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From Ideas to Action: Supporting municipalities, schools and national governments in the transition to climate neutrality
BEACON Final Report - 2021
Examples of successful local climate change mitigation measures can be found all across Europe. Municipalities, local communities, and younger generations are shaping the path towards […]
Local PACTs
How municipalities create their own COP21 - 2021
Local green deals vs local COPs: this could be the teaser of this publication… However, this would be too narrow for the purposes of this […]
Climate Change Challenge
A Comic Book by EUKI Project BEACON - 2021
With this book the BEACON team seeks to convey the spirit of European collaboration and exchange on climate change to a wider audience of school […]
Community Energy
A practical guide to reclaiming power - 2020
The energy transition needs you Welcome to your community energy handbook. This is your go-to guide, packed with instructions, practical tips and resources, to build […]
Campaigning for Local Climate Change Mitigation
Compilation of ideas - 2020
Creative approaches to communication on local climate change initiatives can serve as a useful vehicle for cities messaging on the topic. Delivering climate friendly ideas […]
How Local Authorities can encourage citizen participation in energy transitions
Including citizens in energy systems - 2020
The aim of this report is to consider how Local Authorities can better engage with publics as a part of the energy transition in a meaningful way and support the active participation of citizens in energy systems and the energy transition. The report informes by energy Social Science and Humanities literature as a means of recognising that the energy transition is not merely a technological transition, but a social one.
Democratic transition factory
Involving citizens in Europe's energy transition - 2019
In this study, we identified cities with pioneering participatory initiatives. The objective is to highlight innovative practices to understand the evolution of the role of cities and the modifications of the dynamics between players. Similarly, we seek to understand what implications these new practices have for energy transition policies and what lessons can be learned from them.
Blockchain and energy transition
What challenges for cities? - 2018
The opportunities and potential issues of blockchain technology for local authorities will be addressed. We will also look ahead to determine whether and when mass use of this technology at the local level could be viable.
Local energy ownership in Europe
An exploratory study of public initiatives in France, Germany and the United Kingdom - 2017
The debate on local energy governance involves a multitude of concepts whose content is not always very clear. Notions such as “re-municipalisation”, “devolution”, “ownership” or energy “democratisation” have become strong symbols, rallying cries for a more political and local vision of the energy transition.
The Energy Transition Chronicles
Storytellings of five cities in Europe - 2016
The serie of “Chronicles of the Energy Transition” case studies was produced to go further in supporting local authorities and to describe successful energy transition processes.
Because it is important to show that energy transition is “possible”. Why, how, with whom, for what results? We interviewed local players and decision-makers to find out more.
