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We support the realisation of ideas to accelerate climate action in Europe | By BMUKN

The European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUKN) was launched in 2017. Its goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen intra-European cooperation on climate action. To date, EUKI has supported 232 cross-border climate projects and built an active network comprising 459 organisations across 31 European countries.

27/10/2026

– This EUKI project helps make building renovation work for climate and people 🏗️

Energy-efficient building renovations and renewable energy cooperatives can make an important contribution to the energy transition. But how to ensure that citizens know about these opportunities and feel encouraged to take part?

EUKI project CONGREGATE explored how better communication and evidence-based approaches can help bridge this gap. Across several European countries, the project supported national building renovation strategies, investigated the effects of renovation programmes on residents and explored the potential for public energy cooperatives.

Discover the story to learn how CONGREGATE helped put citizens at the centre of building renovation in Bulgaria, and find out more about the project’s work: https://www.euki.de/en/impacts/making-building-refurbishment-more-citizen-centred/

ЕнЕфект / EnEffect, Center for Energy Efficiency Center for the Study of Democracy INZEB

22/10/2026

🏠 How can building renovations meet climate goals and be affordable for everyone?

The EU is investing heavily in reducing emissions from buildings and improving energy efficiency. Billions of euros are being made available through two EU funding instruments: Cohesion Policy funds and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which supports economic recovery and the green transition across EU countries accounting for their different needs and circumstances.

While cutting emissions from buildings is crucial for climate protection, renovations can come at a social cost: rising rents and housing costs.

To better understand these impacts, the EUKI project A+ Approach examined how the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of Czechia, Estonia, Hungary and Slovakia address building renovations in the context of housing affordability. The findings reveal a gap: while some plans include relevant measures, they lack comprehensive strategies to ensure that decarbonisation also addresses housing costs and protects vulnerable groups.

There the briefing shows opportunities: Integrating social and environmental criteria for selecting and planning renovation projects can support renovations do both: reduce emissions and help make housing more affordable. How?

👉 Discover in the briefing:https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/EU-cohesion-policy-funding-and-the-housing-crisis-Leveraging-building-renovations.pdf

CEE Bankwatch Network, Magyar Természetvédők Szövetsége- Föld Barátai Magyarország, Friends of the Earth Europe

20/10/2026

Why climate action needs communities voices?

In Józsefváros, a district of Budapest, environmental challenges are closely linked to housing conditions, energy poverty, limited green space and unequal access to public services. Addressing these challenges requires more than physical improvements. It means involving residents in identifying problems and shaping solutions.

💡 How? The EUKI project "Empowering Roma Communities in the Green Deal" explores this in its new publication. The project proposes a Frontline Community Climate Intelligence (FCCI) mechanism that enables residents to identify environmental challenges, set priorities and contribute to local climate planning.

🤝 By putting community knowledge at the centre, climate action can better reflect local realities and the needs of those affected.

📖 Read the publication: https://www.euki.de/en/euki-publications/the-jozsefvaros-sustainability-strategic-directions-and-integrated-proposal-package/

Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, RESDI

19/10/2026

🍃 How can sustainable land management help tackle the climate and biodiversity crises? 👇 Find out at the EUKI Academy Web Seminar on creating natural carbon sinks with landcare

On 12 November, the EUKI Academy, in collaboration with the EUKI project Landcare Europe, will explore how European policy can be translated into practical solutions that benefit climate, biodiversity and rural communities.

In the seminar, we’ll explore:
🔹 How landcare organisations support sustainable land management
🔹 Practical solutions for grasslands, peatlands, agroforestry, soil and water
🔹 How land management contributes to EU climate and biodiversity goals
🔹 How policy can better support farmers and local initiatives

🎙️ We’re happy to welcome a great lineup of speakers:

Maria Noichl, Member of the European Parliament, Moritz Stüber, Deutscher Verband für Landschaftspflege (DVL), Justas Gulbinas, Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF), Dr. Rico Hübner, Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft (DeFAF), Iris Beneš, Brodsko ekološko društvo (BED).

🗓️ 12 November 2026 | 10:30 am–12:00 pm CET | Online

👉 Register here by 30 October: https://www.euki.de/en/events/euki-academy-web-seminar-creating-natural-carbon-sinks-with-landcare/

16/10/2026

How do you power a school with renewables? 🔋 EUKI project Ready4NetZero shows the way

The energy consumption in buildings accounts for more than 40% of total energy consumption in EU countries. Within the building sector, educational buildings account for a significant share.

This is where EUKI project Ready4NetZero stepped in. The project helped a Croatian school install a heat pump and a 25 kW photovoltaic system. The harvested solar energy alone can cover 20% of a school's energy consumption per year. ☀️

Read more about the holistic approach of the collaboration between the school and the EUKI project here 👉 https://www.euki.de/en/impacts/solar-powered-classrooms-a-school-shows-the-way/

Ecologic Institute Energiaklub

13/10/2026

🔋 From consumer to prosumer: This is what it needs ⬇️

Across Europe, more and more households are becoming prosumers. They produce clean energy with technologies such as rooftop solar panels while also using this electricity themselves.

The potential is huge. In Romania, 228,350 prosumers are already generating their own electricity. In Czechia, 26 GW of renewable energy is waiting to connect to the grid. That’s 12 times the output of the Temelín nuclear power plant. Some electricity grids cannot keep up. Also Poland’s ageing distribution network struggles to keep pace with growing renewable energy generation.

This shows how important modern electricity grids are for Europe’s energy transition. Stronger grids can help more households produce clean energy, reduce energy costs and benefit from the transition.

The European Grids Package offers an opportunity to accelerate this transformation. It directs investments to where it is needed most and aims to ensure that all communities are included.

Energy poverty won’t be solved by rooftop solar panels alone. But giving everyone fair access to a modern, flexible grid can help make clean energy work for more people.

👉 Read the full briefing by EUKI project A+ Approach:https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2025_09_Prosumer-paradox_How-outdated-grids-undermine-energy-poverty-efforts-in-central-and-eastern-Europe.pdf

CEE Bankwatch Network

12/10/2026

💬 What if one of the most effective tools for advancing the green transition is simply… dialogue? This new EUKI interview...

… explores what can happen when cities guide each other through shared experiences, perspectives and solutions.

🏙️ Here’s the story:
In the EUKI project Strategic Approach to Green Transition (SAGT), the municipality of , Slovenia, supported the development of the strategic guidelines for a Green Transition Strategy in , Bosnia and Herzegovina.

For Tuzla, where air pollution has been a major challenge for decades, the need for change was particularly pressing. Through collaborative dialogue with Maribor, Tuzla became the first city in Bosnia and Herzegovina to approach the green transition on a strategic level. 🌱

🗨️ "The best proof of successful knowledge transfer is that Tuzla didn't just adopt our experience – they built on it and made it their own", Nuša Lazar Koprivnik, Consultant, Dekorina d.o.o., consultant to the city Maribor.

In return the project not only helped shape Tuzla’s Green Transition Strategy, it also paved the way for collaboration as a two-way street. 🤝

🗨️ “Although Maribor was the good practice holder, and those practices were transferred to Tuzla, there were case studies in Tuzla as well, that Maribor was very interested in,” Borut Jurišić, project Coordinator from the Regional Development Agency of Podravje in Maribor, tells us.

What else lies beyond simply transferring knowledge?

👉 Discover the full interview to find out https://www.euki.de/en/news/euki-interview-dialogue-as-an-instrument-in-project-implementation/

07/10/2026

💡How to reduce dependence on fossil fuels through effective social-climate measures 👇

How did Central and Eastern European countries respond to high energy prices? EUKI project Monitor reports:

Cushioning the social impact of high fuel prices is a challenge across Europe, so is finding ways to do so while keeping climate goals in view.

To better understand how to address this challenge, EUKI project ClimateFair Monitor examined the effects of the 2026 fuel price shock across six Central and Eastern European countries, bringing together experiences from Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.

Their findings highlight common challenges in policy design:

🔹 Fuel tax cuts and price caps helped cushion high prices, but also reduced incentives to save energy and switch to cleaner alternatives.

🔹 Broad-based measures did not always reach those most in need.

🔹 At the same time, countries implemented short-term measures to reduce fossil fuel dependency and address social inequalities, offering valuable lessons to learn from.

📖 Read the publication to explore the short-term measures in the six countries and what we can learn from them: https://www.euki.de/euki-publications/how-to-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependence-with-social-climate-measures/

06/10/2026

☀️ Why one balcony stands out! One tenant, one EUKI project and significantly more energy independence 👇

For Migle Maniusyte in Vilnius two solar panels on her balcony railing bring her a great deal of more energy independence!

On sunny days they generate four to five kilowatt-hours, enough to run her appliances and cut her grid consumption by up to 50 per cent.

Her example inspired four neighbours to follow.

Through the EUKI project SUNRISE, balcony solar became an actual path to secure clean energy for apartment residents in Bulgaria, Lithuania and North Macedonia, and the follow-up project SUN BOX is scaling it further.

Big Thank you to Susanne Reiff to uncovering Migles Story!

👉 Read the full story: https://www.euki.de/en/news/how-balcony-solar-panels-boost-eu-climate-action/

Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity Macedonia, EUKI - European Climate Initiative

05/10/2026

📣 Join Our Team: EUKI Academy Intern at the European Climate Initiative (EUKI)

Are you passionate about climate action and want to support our Academy Team organising events and building capacity for climate actors across Europe?

Apply for our Internship in the EUKI Academy Team in Berlin from 1 February to 31 July 2027 and:

📅 Help us organise networking events in Central & Eastern Europe.

🔎 Conduct research on climate and energy policy topics in Central and Eastern Europe and interviews with partner organisations.

💻 Support the design, planning and implementation of web seminars on current climate and energy policy topics, such as European Council Presidencies, ETS2 or energy poverty.

🎓 Get involved in organising EUKI Academy training formats on project management and communication.

📩 Apply by 14 October 2026 and help strengthen climate action across Europe 👉

https://jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=79318

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