F6 Enabling factors for a community-based energy transition
This session will explore how people, communities and local governments can be the driving force of the renewable energy transition by fostering high citizen participation, multi-stakeholder collaboration and regional value creation from decentralized renewable energy production.
From this session, participants will gain a better understanding of how local governments can:
- Support the creation of community-led energy cooperatives.
- Allow citizens to participate as investors and planners into renewable energy infrastructure and projects.
- Provide citizens with energy-efficiency advice and raise awareness on low-carbon lifestyles.
- Foster city-region cooperation to take advantage of knowledge transfer and potential synergies.
Moderator
Rana Adib
Executive Director, Ren21
Speakers
Urban planning as a way to reducing energy use
Eckart Würzner
Mayor, City of Heidelberg
Accompanying an inclusive energy transition through public-private partnerships: Example from Rénov’Energie
Arnaud Gavroy
Vice-president & Councilor for urban planning, energy and land management, City of Namur
Blake Robinson
Researcher, Sustainability Institute
Energy Transition through Solar Energy: Solar City Seoul 2022
Bo-Youn Hwang
Assistant Mayor, Climate and Environmment Headquarter, Seoul Metropolitan Government
Towards Carbon-neutrality by 2029
Minna Arve
Mayor, City of Turku, Finland