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... Find out more

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... Find out more

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... Find out more

Aix-Marseille University and the ETUI are glad to announce the forthcoming International Symposium "The Labour-Environment Nexus: Legal Perspectives and Beyond", to be held in Aix-en-Provence (France) next 6-7 October 2022. The symposium aims at promoting an international discussion about the labour... Find out more

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... Find out more

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... Find out more

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... Find out more

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... Find out more

We are at a historical juncture, dominated by the climate and health crisis, when policy decisions need to be made for the decades to come. Soon after the announcement of the visionary European Green Deal (EGD) with its net-zero emissions commitment for 2050 and the corresponding higher climate... Find out more

In June 2021 an Independent Expert Panel agreed on a definition of “ecocide” as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts”. If this definition is adopted... Find out more