María Dios

May 23, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Cléa Fache |Hugo Chirol |Léa Legras |María Dios

Can energy communities help get people on board the green transition and turn the tide against the rising far right? With Europeans heading to the polls in two weeks to elect a new EU Parliament, right-wing forces seem set to gain seats. This shift would partly reflect one that has already happened at national level in various European countries, from Italy to France, Sweden, and Portugal, where the far right has leveraged social and economic insecurity to gain consensus.

Sep 15, 2023 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Marula Tsagkari |Adam Ostolski |María Dios |Cléa Fache

European societies would not run without energy, which is why the energy transition is such a profound transformation. In the first article of our series on urban politics in the climate emergency, we ask whether local energy democracy can overcome the hurdles facing the green transition. Fossil fuels have kept us hooked to large, impersonal energy systems over which we have little or no control. Could renewables re-politicise and even democratise our relationship with energy?

Jun 2, 2023 | greenworld.org.uk | María Dios

In a world grappling with the climate crisis, social unrest, and polarisation undermining democracy, an oasis of ideas for a better future has bloomed. It happened in Milan during the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies. The two-day event brought to the same room the instigators of the next wave of participatory democracy that looms on the horizon. Uncover their stories, insights, and dreams for a greener tomorrow for Europe.