SAVE THE DATE // 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 will host a joint webinar on 3rd June 2024 at 10:30 – 12:00 CEST. The webinar will use 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

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. To receive the link, please register here.

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