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JustGreen
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1. 6. 2026
1. 6. 2026JustGreen project aims to engage the V4 citizens in debates and other forms of public engagement around decarbonization in three areas that are intimately linked to their everyday lives: housing, transport, and the job market. The public engagement activities, along with the ancillary research, shall pinpoint specific obstacles citizens and communities encounter when implementing climate-friendly steps or adapting to the EU decarbonization policies.
Prague Climate Academy
More info 1. 10. 2025
1. 10. 2025In 2023, the Green Europe Team of the Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM started a series of debates focused on communicating the topic of green transformation to the Czech public. The aim is to develop public debate and support journalists and civil society in informed discussions about climate change and climate policies. In its first year, the Prague Climate Academy focused on sustainability in transportation (decarbonizing road transport in connection with electromobility and the sustainability of transportation in Prague). In 2024, it continued with the topic of adapting cities to climate change and discussing the impacts of heatwaves on cities. The year 2025 brings the perspective of resilience, with a discussion of current trends in global temperature rise and extreme weather events, including their impacts on urban infrastructure and public health.
Green Broadcast
More info 31. 8. 2025
31. 8. 2025The project Green Broadcast was launched on 1 January 2025 and will be ongoing until 31 August 2025.
iRozhlas | Bus 'terror', parental dependence and techno. A quarter of Czechs are threatened by transport poverty
More info 17. 6. 2025
17. 6. 2025More than one in ten Czechs often or almost never manage to reach essential services and activities in the way they need. More than a quarter of the population experiences at least occasional difficulties getting to school, work, or the doctor. This is according to a new study published by the iRozhlas in cooperation with the 2050 Institute. The context and implications of the findings were explained by analyst Rebeka Hengalová from the Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM.
Policy Brief | How to Prevent Transport Poverty Using the Social Climate Fund: Recommendations for Policymakers in the Czech Republic
More info 31. 3. 2025
31. 3. 2025Our latest policy brief is aimed at policy makers, government representatives and experts who influence the development of climate policy in the Czech Republic. The text, written by Rebeka Hengalová, Research Fellow, and Jana Abíková, Head of the Green Europe Programme, maps the transport needs of the most vulnerable groups in the Czech Republic and provides arguments for the timely and full adoption of ETS2 and the appropriate allocation of the SCF to minimise transport poverty. The brief assesses possible solutions and discussed measures that could be funded by the national Social Climate Plan to reduce the impact of ETS2 on low-income households.
Policy paper | Tackling Transport Poverty in the Czech Republic
More info 31. 3. 2025
31. 3. 2025While transport poverty does not affect the majority of the population, available data shows that it impacts a significant and growing portion of Czech society, making it a serious issue that cannot be overlooked or expected to resolve itself over time. This policy paper by research fellow Rebeka Hengalová and head of Green Europe programme Jana Abíková details the experiences of transport-poor citizens, outlines good practice of measures from abroad and explains the potential utilisation of the Social Climate Fund in alleviating transport poverty.
Impacts of the EU Emissions Trading System 2
More info 31. 3. 2025
31. 3. 2025This project examines the potential impacts of the EU Emissions Trading System 2 (ETS2) on Europe’s most vulnerable households, with a particular focus on mitigating risks that could lead to public resistance against the EU’s transport decarbonization policies. Its activities aim to contribute to the mainstreaming of the concept of transport poverty, its causes and solutions, in the Czech context.
Ekolist.cz | Survey: About 60 percent of Czechs see Green Deal as a threat, 27 as an opportunity
More info 5. 3. 2025
5. 3. 2025Almost 60 % of Czechs see the Green Deal as a threat, while 27 % see it as an opportunity. This is according to a survey conducted by STEM and the Europeum Institute for European Policy. The Green Deal has become a brand for all climate policy, on which it is relatively easy to pile a lot of different negative aspects. Rebeka Hengalová, researcher at EUROPEUM, and Viktor Daněk, deputy director of the Institute, commented for Ekolist.cz.
Online webinar: How Do Czechs Really Travel?
More info 5. 3. 2025
5. 3. 2025What truly matters when choosing how we get around? How do Czechs prefer to travel, and what’s stopping them from switching to electric cars? Join us for a live talk-show-style webinar where we’ll present fresh data on Czech mobility habits. We’ll explore:
Media briefing: What Do Czechs Really Think About the EU and the GreenDeal?
More info 4. 3. 2025
4. 3. 2025EUROPEUM is inviting you to the media briefing where we unveil fresh
research insights into the evolving attitudes of Czechs toward the European
Union and climate policies.
Euractiv.cz | The EU cannot save the global climate on its own, but it can make trading partners change their behaviour
More info 4. 2. 2025
4. 2. 2025The arrival of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America sends a negative message to the global climate, yet Europe should continue its efforts. These were the conclusions reached by experts during a discussion on climate policy organised by Euractiv.cz.
Press Release | Do Czechs renovate their homes? And how popular are subsidy programmes?
More info 29. 1. 2025
29. 1. 2025On Wednesday 29 January 2025, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in cooperation with the Institute of Empirical Research STEM organized a presentation of new data for the media on the topic "How will the Green Deal affect housing in the Czech Republic and how popular are the Czechs with subsidy programmes so far? Research results on the possibilities of environmentally friendly renovation of buildings in the Czech Republic."