Energy policy is a very sensitive issue on the agenda of industriAll Europe affiliates in energy-producing as well as energy-intensive sectors. At the same time, the Energy Union is a key priority of the current Commission administration: it calls unions to get increasingly active in influencing the energy transition that is necessary to curb CO₂ emissions and thus contain global warming, while defending quality employment. Especially regions that are coal-dependent will have to undergo profound changes, including large restructuring processes. It is up to trade unions to negotiate the future of the workers in those regions.

• To identify common challenges and opportunities on the road to a sustainable and social energy policy;
• Sharing experiences and lessons learned in anticipating changes;
• Contributing to a more unified stance of industriAll sectors towards energy policy.