Renewables

Although the conflict has been devastating, it provides an opportunity to make Ukraine more resilient in the long term.

In the Po Valley, investment in solar energy provides financial relief for farmers, but also poses a threat to local identity and food security.

The EU partnered up with Chile to supply its green hydrogen imports despite the negative effects on local Chileans.

How did the notion of energy transition come about, and what risks does it pose for meaningful climate action?

Can energy communities help get people on board the green transition and turn the tide against the rising far right?

Progressive green-left coalitions must translate social discontent into grassroots support for a just climate agenda.

Fossil fuels have kept us hooked to large, impersonal energy systems. Could renewables re-politicise or even democratise our relationship with energy?

In Poland, the debate on the ecological transition is polluted by government-driven pro-nuclear propaganda.

Plans for the expansion of offshore wind in Spain were met by protests from the fishing sector, environmentalists, and civil society. The biggest backlash has come from the North Atlantic marine region. Where the lack of dialogue has led to confrontation, can climate citizens’ assemblies pave a way to just transition?

Rosa Martínez Rodríguez spoke with Héctor Tejero about the backlash against renewables in Spain.