The contribution of legal scholars to deconstructing the idea of labour as nature’s other and debates on the alleged conflict between the interests of workers and the environment are becoming increasingly important. Environmental problems have never been foregrounded by labour lawyers to the extent... Lire plus

The social dimension of the European Green Deal has moved from the sidelines into the centre of policy debates. While this is welcome, its content has remained a patchwork. At this first workshop of a new ETUI project financed by the European Climate Foundation, we will start with a presentation of... Lire plus

Europe has ‘survived’ the much feared winter without suffering energy shortages, power cuts or a recession, showing a considerable level of resilience. This workshop looks at whether, and if so to what extent, short-term national responses to the energy cost surge prioritised social and ecological... Lire plus

The current energy crisis has put into question the functioning of Europe’s electricity market, and more specifically the impact of gas prices on the price of electricity. In this regard, two factors play a key role: the share of gas generation in the European electricity mix, and the price-setting... Lire plus

As the first sealed deal of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, the phase-out of the combustion engine in European new car sales by 2035 is now official. The transition to electromobility is gaining momentum and this is good news. However, the pattern (and the underlying business model) of electrification is... Lire plus

Download here the programme in pdf. #BeyondGrowth In light of the 50th anniversary of the limits to growth report and the recent finding by the IPCC that “[e]conomic growth (measured as GDP) and its main components, GDP per capita and population growth, remained the strongest drivers of GHG... Lire plus

It is becoming increasingly clear that oil and coal have no future and the era of combustion vehicles is slowly coming to an end. This is already a huge challenge but decarbonizing energy intensive industries (steel, chemicals, cement, ceramics and other basic materials) is even more complicated. A... Lire plus

Outputs: conference proceedings The future of the European automobile industry - Narrative.pdf A European perspective of a fast-track transition to electromobility - Pardi et al..pdf Emerging battery value chains - Schade et al..pdf France electrification and employment- Syndex.pdf Is zero-carbon... Lire plus

In the wake of the Fit for 55 packages, it is not just ‘energy poverty’ but also ‘transport poverty’ that has been gaining increasing attention. Higher fuel prices have hit low-income people hard, especially as they are often locked into fossil fuel-based mobility patterns. More than a hundred... Lire plus

As part of four webinars organized across the world to provide insights from the field of environmental labour studies to discuss questions of just transition, this ETUI event will focus on the context and main challenges of a just transition to a zero-carbon economy in the EU. Taking a broad-based... Lire plus