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The energy transition demands strong public-private partnerships and commitment to a more sustainable future. 

With extensive and frontline experience across Governments, EU Institutions, Politicians, Private and Public Companies and Non-for-Profit Organisations ECEGA assists public and private institutions and businesses to design creative and powerful strategies for change and adjust to challenges and capitalise on evolving opportunities in a carbon-constrained world. 

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WHAT IF ….. CLIMATE
NEUTRALITY IS NOT ENOUGH?

by YANA POPKOSTOVA

2027
It should have been a morning of triumph. As of 1 September 2027, the EU had achieved its Green Deal gambit - three years prior to the 2030 milestone, greenhouse gas emissions had been reduced by 63 %. Yet, in preparation for her State of the Union address, Commission President Magdalena Wilsow - a prodigiously well-read Bulgarian-Danish citizen, with a career encompassing environ- mental activism, management consulting and humanitarian missions - was not in celebratory mood. The latest op-ed by her former advisor filled her with foreboding. 'Eschew- ing the moral imperative to protect nature is a fundamental definer of the Anthropocene. The hubris of climate leadership has eclipsed the failure to ensure stewardship of the environment. Quo Vadis, Europa? Her brow furrowed as, with a heavy heart, she anxiously tried to make sense of the latest intelligence briefing lying on her desk.


JANUARY 2022

What if our assumption for the future turn out to be wrong? Read this controversial and thought-provoking leap into a future where the EU is firmly on the road to carbon-neutrality, yet the ecosystem devastation surrounding it exposes the deficiency of the febrile obsession with decarbonisation and emissions reduction. Shuddering but also policy-informative scenario that aims to shape processes today to avoid a bleak awakening tomorrow. 

Disclaimer:The scenario was originally published as part of the 'What if...not?' Chaillot paper series of the European Union Institute for Security Studies [EUISS) in January, 2022. All rights reserved.

Cognitive diversity is critical in shaping the future of energy.


Pale, Male and Wrong: The Missing Link in Global Low-Carbon Transition Efforts

The urgency and scale of the climate challenge is clear, reinforced by the recent IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and global climate marches and school strikes demanding action. Ambitious policy pledges and global alliances prove to be insufficient and the world is largely not on track to arrest dangerous levels of climate change or fulfill the promises of the Sustainable Development Agenda. Conceiving solutions for a vastly changing energy system is challenging but what compounds the issue might be the siloed approach often taken in transition deliberations. Policy decisions and industry strategies globally continue to be conceived in a male and pale environment, where group-think and homogeneity deprives the world of the disruptive innovation that only cognitive diversity can produce. To bolster agility and steer the energy economy onto pathway that is climate-resilient, diversity, inclusion and women’s empowerment within the global energy sector is a strategic imperative. 

This reports aims to highlight the current lack of cognitive diversity within the energy sector, exploring statistics and drawing conclusions on specific impediments faced by women in the sector; reiterate research findings on the power of diversity to produce better business results focusing on the gender parity co-benefits for the energy industry; and examine best practices and strategies to foster rebalancing of the industry’s talent pool. This is accomplished employing both a moralistic approach – gender equality is a matter of social fairness and human rights; but also business pragmatism – highlighting that the magnitude of the challenge calls for cognitive diversity and creativity across the energy value chain to sustain the disruptive pressures and perform in a carbon-constrained policy and economic reality. The author also argues that in a world inflamed by the temptations of populism, maintaining societal or workforce divisions will only compound the transition trajectory. Ignoring the alarming signs around the changing societal paradigms and discounting the proverbial issue of societal cohesion in energy transition scenarios and roadmaps will render the 2030 and 2050 milestones meaningless and discredit the end of century climate neutrality and prosperity vision.

Energy transition |  Diversity in Energy |  Energy-Climate-Gender Nexus | Women Empowerment & Inclusion | Women in Energy

MARCH, 2020

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