Read Christiane Egger's editorial, FEDARENE Vice-President for Energy Efficiency and co-manager of OÖ Energiesparverband. She discusses the role of Energy Agencies and policies in regions and countries and how the Energy Efficient Watch project has been providing strong insights and analysis on the subject.

The ambition of sustainable energy policies often fluctuates with changes in political leadership, such as following elections. Within the Energy Efficiency Watch (EEW) project, we analysed exceptions from such developments and found that policy ambition remains more stable in countries and regions where a society-wide acceptance is reached on ‘why’ they want the energy transition to take place.

These ‘whys’ – the so-called narratives – are messages, embedded in a wider framework, that impact (...)

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