Forging a new path for decarbonisation

Decarbonisation is a priority for the European Union. While decarbonisation by 2050 may seem like ‘Mission Impossible’, it is completely realistic. In support of the EU decarbonisation pathways, which are compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the EU-funded ENCLUDE project will help the EU forge ahead by sharing and co-creating new knowledge and practices and will contribute to the transformation of energy use by assembling, aligning, and adapting disparate energy citizenship concepts for diverse communities of citizens. Operationalising the energy citizenship concept at all scales of policy making for decarbonisation, ENCLUDE will integrate public engagement throughout the project life cycle.

The overall vision of the Energy Citizens for Inclusive Decarbonization (ENCLUDE) is to help the EU to fulfill its promise of a just and inclusive decarbonization pathway through sharing and co-creating new knowledge and practices that maximize the number and diversity of citizens who are willing and able to contribute to the energy transition. 

Motivated by achieving an equitable and sustainable future and the fulfillment of individual potential, ENCLUDE will contribute to the upcoming transformation of energy use by: 

• Assembling, aligning and adapting disparate energy citizenship concepts for diverse communities of citizens and for different scales of policy making, lowering the barrier for action. 
• Operationalizing the energy citizenship concept at all scales of policy making for decarbonization. 
• Catalyzing a chain reaction of decarbonization actions across the EU. 

ENCLUDE is dedicated not only to the co-creation of new knowledge with stakeholders about the emergence and consolidation of energy citizenship, but also to the uptake of this knowledge to mobilize action for decarbonization, taking into account the interests and struggles of diverse citizen groups, including communities, who are not usually invited or expected to participate in these civic processes. 

ENCLUDE does this by integrating public engagement throughout the project life cycle rather than at the end of project for dissemination and communication purposes only. The process between knowledge production and implementation includes learning feedback loops between research partners, public authorities, civic organizations and citizens.

Partners

• EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
• UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
• UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
• JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
• TH!NK E
• UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
• GREEN PARTNERS SRL
• ZDRUZENIE CENTAR ZA ISTRAZUVANJE I INFORMIRANJE ZA ZIVOTNA SREDINA EKO-SVEST
• MISSIONS PUBLIQUES
• HOLISTIC IKE
• YORK UNIVERSITY 
• UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA

Start date: 1 June 2021 - End date: 31 May 2024