Webinar: Integrating research evidence on gender-energy nexus to achieve just and equitable outcomes in the African / European energy transition efforts

To maximise the contribution of Horizon Europe projects to create just, equitable and socially acceptable transition to carbon-neutrality for all, the EU LEAP-RE (Long-Term Joint European Union - African Union Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy) and the gEneSys (Transforming Gendered Interrelations of Power and Inequalities in Transition Pathways to Sustainable Energy Systems) projects hosted a joint webinar on 3rd June 2024 at 10:30 – 12:00 CEST. The webinar used the format of roundtable discussion with speakers from the two projects sharing lessons from the gEneSys research and LEAP-RE implementation projects on the opportunities to incorporate gender - and social-equality benefits into energy transition goals and pathways.

Panel speakers:

• Marine Cornelis: executive director and founder of Next Energy Consumer, member of LEAP-RE on the AU/EU energy ecosystem
• Elli Stepanovic: Senior project manager of The Austrian Research Promotion Agency, representing the role of funder and supporting LEAP-RE partnership design
• Isabella Nardini: Manager of International Affairs, Fraunhofer IEG, involved in LEAP-RE activities on geothermal and capacity-building
• Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Professor of Physics, Vice Chair IPCC Working Climtecpreneur, Climate Change Researcher, member of gEneSys
• Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Policy of Imperial College London, Member of gEneSys
• Tadeusz Rudek, Research Assistant, Jagielonian University, member of gEneSys

Moderators:

• Lucio Pisacane, Italian National Research Council CNR IRPPS - gEneSys Coordinator
• Léonard Lévêque, LEAP-RE Programme Coordinator

Recording from the webinar will be available in due course.

For further information, please download the information PDF.

As always, if you have any questions, please email the project coordiantor at genesys@irpps.cnr.it.