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EVALUATE project issues its first policy brief

The EVALUATE project has published a policy brief directed at decision-makers across Europe. The brief focuses on energy prices and general poverty trends in the European Union. It is being issued to coincide with the commencement of EU Sustainable Energy Week and the ManagEnergy Annual Conference, where our team is represented Stefan Bouzarovski at a plenary panel discussion.

Energy, Energy poverty, EU energy week, fuel poverty, housing, sustainability

Moving beyond the polemic: Shale gas as a focal point for discussion on key energy issues

Unconventional gas exploitation has recently become a hot political issue across Europe (and the UK in particular), supplementing the intense … More

community action, community activism, fracking, unconventional gas

Call for participants: Workshop on ‘Energy, austerity, informality: Exploring the everyday politics of urban infrastructure’

The Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy at the University of Manchester is organising a one-day workshop on ‘Energy, austerity, informality: … More

alternative economies, austerity, economic crisis, Energy poverty, Greece

The AAG in Tampa: Energy geographers take over

Following its overwhelming presence at the last three Annual Conferences of the Royal Geographical Society, energy geography research is now … More

AAG, american, conference, Energy, geographers

Large-scale hydropower: ‘Clean’ energy threatens one of Europe’s key biodiversity hotspots

The European Union is currently gearing its forces to become a world champion of low carbon economic development, with Germany … More

dams, energiewende, hydropower, macedonia, mavrovo, national park, rivers

EVALUATE workshop report – Energy vulnerability in Europe

The Vulnerable Consumer Working Group (VCWG) of the European Commission hosted a workshop on ‘Energy vulnerability in Europe’ on the … More

CURE member authors report on climate change and social justice

The current relentless weather in the UK, and consequent flooding causing misery to thousands of people, has brought climate change … More

CURE member authors report on climate change and social justice

The current relentless weather in the UK, and consequent flooding causing misery to thousands of people, has brought climate change … More

Stakeholder roundtable on energy issues and policy in housing in multiple occupancy

Future Climate and CURE will be organizing a Stakeholder Roundtable to discuss the emerging findings from our research into energy … More

CURE co-hosts an Urban Forum on fuel poverty and urban health

On the 4th of February CURE hosted a cities@manchester Urban Forum on ‘Austerity, Warmth, and Well-being: Connecting Fuel Poverty and Urban Health’ … More

fuel poverty, health, Manchester

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