Energy transitions and the cost of living: how to strike the right balance between short term fixes and long-term solutions to the energy crisis?

This session brief summarizes a discussion held on 20 April 2023 during the Think2030 Dialogue Sweden, focusing on balancing short-term energy crisis fixes with long-term sustainable policies within the European Union.

• Panelists emphasized the need to evolve short-term energy crisis responses into tailored long-term policies to manage the distributional impacts of the energy transition. The primary objective is to move away from fossil fuels, which are identified as the cause of both the energy and climate crises and represent a strategic geopolitical goal.
• While energy savings achieved during the year exceeded expectations, these results must be supported by additional measures to ensure the energy transition is just.

APA

Berghmans, N., & Brezovsky, T. J. (2023). Energy transitions and the cost of living: how to strike the right balance between short term fixes and long-term solutions to the energy crisis? Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/think2030-session-brief-1/

Chicago

Berghmans, Nicolas, and Tomas Jungwirth Brezovsky. Energy transitions and the cost of living: how to strike the right balance between short term fixes and long-term solutions to the energy crisis? Stockholm Environment Institute, 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/think2030-session-brief-1/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{berghmans2023energy, author = {Berghmans, Nicolas and Brezovsky, Tomas Jungwirth}, title = {{Energy transitions and the cost of living: how to strike the right balance between short term fixes and long-term solutions to the energy crisis?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/think2030-session-brief-1/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }