Making Decarbonisation Fair - the Third ENGAGER International Conference

Day 1

Plenary 1. Energy poverty in Portugal – policies and lessons for other countries. Watch the session video.

Panel 1. Energy poverty research in Portugal Watch the session video.

Featuring: João Pedro Gouveia (Chair) CENSE, NOVA School of Science and Technology (Lisbon); Pedro Palma CENSE, FCT-NOVA (Lisbon) Mitigating energy poverty vulnerability in future paradigms; Katherine Mahoney, CENSE, FCT-NOVA (Lisbon) Challenges and opportunities in the Portuguese energy transition-the evidence so far; Ricardo Barbosa, UMinho, Energy poverty and social housing – the ARCAS project; Ana Rita Marouço – Coopernico; Ana Horta – ICS, University of Lisbon.

Interactive Session 1. Gender struggles: just approaches to energy poverty alleviation. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Marielle Feenstra, University Twente; Sergio Tirado Herrero, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona; Joy Clancy, University of Twente/CSTM; Saska Petrova, University of Manchester; Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, Stellenbosch University; Carmen Sánchez-Guevara, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Katharina Habersbrunner, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF).

Day 2

Plenary 2. Energy poverty in the EU. Watch the session video.

Panel 2. Energy poverty across the world. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Rob Marchand (Chair), Sheffield University Management School and FPRN; Alejandra Cortes – Universidad de Chile and RMIT University (Australia) The background of energy poverty in South Chile; Anna Sofia Bajomi – Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Carmen Sánchez-Guevara – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) What is the role of the public space in the democratisation of decarbonisation?; Caroline Porto Valente – University of Technology Sydney (Australia) Energy poverty among older, low-income Australians; Raúl Castaño, Finnish Energy Observatory (Finland); George Jiglau, Babes-Boylai University (Romania) Poverty, energy poverty, vulnerability: breaking the status quo; Teresa Cuerdo, Spanish National Research Council (IETcc-CSIC) Reflections on use patterns and energy consumption in Spanish homes during the lockdown.

Interactive Session 2. Energy and transport poverty in Europe: overlaps, evidence and policies in an era of decarbonisation. Watch the session video.

Day 3

Plenary 3. Inclusive social movements on energy policy. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Hyerim Yoon – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain); Sara Fuller – Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University (Australia); Marlies Hesselman – University of Groningen (Netherlands); Mònica Guiteras Blaya – Aliança contra la Pobresa Energètica (APE) i Enginyeria Sense Fronteres (ESF) (Spain); Tomislav Tkalec – Focus (Slovenia); Chloé Verlinden – Project Associate, CityMine(d).

Panel 3. Retrofit as a tool for decarbonisation and poverty alleviation. Watch the session video.

Featuring: William Baker (Chair), Citizens Advice; Iñigo Antepara, University of the Basque Country (Spain) Low carbon regulations and under-consumption; Miguel Macias Sequeira – CENSE, NOVA School of Science and Technology (Portugal) The Green Menu; Pablo Hernández – University of the Basque Country (Spain) Guaranteeing a minimum temperature of 18 degrees C in low income dwellings; Roberto Barrella – ICAI School of Engineering, Comillas Pontifical University (Spain) Impact of energy refurbishment strategies; Sarah Robertson – RMIT University (Australia) Delivering retrofit for all: the view from Australia.

Lunchtime Guest. The new Fuel Poverty Strategy for England: Insights for policy and practic. Watch the session video.

Featuring: William Baker, Citizens Advice (UK); Kirsten Horton, BEIS (UK).

Panel 4. Working with communities and vulnerable people. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Danielle Butler (Chair), NEA; Irene González-Pijuan and Laura Oliveiras Puig, Sheffield Hallam University (UK) Energy poverty and children – the case of Barcelona; Jez Hall – Director, Shared Future CIC, Getting communities on board with just transition; Lauren Salmon and Shane Donnellan – Changeworks (UK), Impacts of decarbonisation; Marine Cornelis – NextEnergyConsumer (Italy).

Day 4

Panel 5. Decarbonisation – approaches and challenges. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Trivess Moore (Chair) Senior Lecturer, RMIT University (Australia); Richard Mellish – Executive Advisor, AgilityEco (UK) Decarbonisation of heat and time-of-use tariffs; Matthew Scott – Research and Policy Officer, National Energy Action (UK) Disruption and the decarbonisation of heat; Rokia Raslan – UCL (UK) The potential of hard to decarbonise homes as a pathway to energy equity; Siddharth Sareen, University of Stavanger (Norway) Accountable solar energy transitions; Sea Rotmann – Users TCP by IEA (France) Hard to reach energy users in the residential and commercial sectors.

Panel 6. Transitions to a just and low-carbon future. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Graeme Sherriff (Chair), University of Salford, FPRN (UK); Brenda Boardman – University of Oxford (UK) Practical aspects of decarbonising the energy poor; Louise Sunderland – Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) (Belgium) Equity in the energy transition: who pays, who benefits? Lucie Middlemiss – University of Leeds (UK) Revealing the hidden face of energy poverty in the Netherlands; Sam Illingworth – Edinburgh Napier University (UK) Talking about decarbonisation through games; Rebecca Ford – Strathclyde University (UK) The role of local energy in delivering a just and low-carbon future; Maria Jose Manjon – Researcher, Universidad de Comillas (Spain) Tackling energy poverty through social entrepreneurship in large companies.

Lunchtime Guests. Perspectives from both ends of the spectrum. Watch the session video.

Featuring: Marilyn Smith (Chair), The ENERGY ACTION Project (EnAct) / ORENDA Communications (France); Lawrence Jones – Edison Electric Institute (US); Harish Hande – SELCO Foundation (US).

Plenary 3. Towards a just transition: reflections and priorities. Watch the session video.