A tool for climate resilience and facing tomorrow’s changes During the summer period of this 2023 – from June to September – a pilot test of an alert system for high temperatures and heat waves has been implemented, intended to inform citizens of the metropolitan area of the city of Barcelona about the risk of high temperatures, particularly to users…
The European Mobility Week is an awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility. It promotes behavioural change in favour of active mobility, public transport, and other clean, intelligent transport solutions. But what about those who cannot access transport? At Ecoserveis we are exploring the concept of “transport poverty”. Although it is broadly conceptualised with indicators of usability, accessibility and affordability of…
The European project Climate-Ready Barcelona set sail on Thursday 6th of July with the kick-off meeting of the partner organizations: ABD, Ecoserveis Association, Barcelona City Council, the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering CIMNE and Bit Genoma Digital Solutions. Climate-Ready Barcelona seeks to assist the citizens of Barcelona to adapt and prepare to the impacts of climate change and…
To tackle energy poverty, local governments need to identify where it is located and how to deal with it. That is why the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub has organized a session on July 11th in Barcelona to share experiences. It’s not easy for local entities to address energy poverty properly. A lot of municipalities and supra-municipalities do not have the…
The XXIV Sustainable Energy Forum debates about how energy communities can be an essential element to leave no one behind energy transition. FES 2023 put their effort to discuss one of the most interesting topics for those who dedicate their efforts to reduce energy poverty and achieve a fair and equal energy transition for all: energy communities. Aniol Esquerra, president…
There were about 35 million EU citizens (around 8% of the EU population) unable to keep their homes adequately warm in 2020. With the consequential rise in energy prices and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many more EU citizens have likely been impacted since. The European Commission is committed to tackle energy poverty and protect vulnerable consumers through its policies (Clean…
