Obj. 1 – Assemble, align and adapt disparate “energy citizenship” concepts
Expected results: Empirically grounded typology of energy citizenship at both individual and collective scales
- An ENCLUDE typology of energy citizenship is in development, based on empirical and interviews with a broad range of energy citizens, to be shared with local, regional, national authorities.
- To further deepen the data quality of the case study pool and verify data received from the survey, in-person interviews are being organized with 3-5 key stakeholders who fit within an evaluation criterion based on the data analysis.
- Draw conclusions on the relative importance and interrelationship of processes internal to relevant social groups, compared to external framework conditions.. .
Obj. 2 - Operationalize the concept of “energy citizenship” at various scales of decision making
Expected results: Develop a means to assess the decarbonization potential of energy citizenship through a novel incorporation of social science insights into a quantitative modeling ensemble
- Identify citizens’ clusters for decarbonization by applying the developed models , along with developed typologies to determine citizens’ clusters for decarbonization. The identification of clusters will be based on a comparison of existing datasets about individual energy practices and empirical data collected within ENCLUDE.
- The identified clusters will be used within the modeling ensemble to provide a beyond state-of-the-art approach to connect insights about energy citizenship and its development into a quantitative model. This offers a unique approach to determine the decarbonization potential of an emerging societal behavior.
- Assess the impact of energy citizenship at local level and upscale the assessment of decarbonization potential of energy citizenship – development of a report summarizing modeling outcomes on the impact of social innovations for different geographical and socioeconomic contexts, as well as a comparison of the decarbonization potential of various developed pathways.
- Decarbonisation potential of strategic energy citizen clusters - estimate the aggregated reduction of carbon emissions from upscaling specific actions that citizens take towards decarbonization. Several “what if scenarios” relevant to the identified citizens clusters will be developed to investigate different routes to reach decarbonization targets.
Obj. 3 Mobilization of energy citizenship - Catalyze a chain reaction of decarbonization actions
Expected results: Complete training of energy citizen leaders around the world. Launch of ENCLUDE Interactive Policy Platform.
- Completed training of energy citizen leaders as a part of the ENCLUDE Academy
- Collecting on-the-ground experiences of energy citizen leaders while local initiatives are developed within the ENCLUDE Academy - this information will be added to the repository of collective learning approaches to be used as a resource for future energy leaders who want to mobilise their own communities.
- Playbook for collaborative decision-making in energy citizenship is meant to be easily understood and applied by citizens who are not a part of the training programme but are interested in starting an energy transition initiative. It would be made available to citizens via the ENCLUDE interactive platform, shared by the social media network of our trainees and be disseminated through the network of ENCLUDE’s NGO partners. Though targeted for citizens, the playbook may be used by policymakers in situations where collaborative decision-making is needed.
- Launch of ENCLUDE Interactive Policy Platform – the platform is tailored to the energy citizenship typology, within a wider range of contexts and at different energy citizens. Users will be requested to put in specific criteria and context and will be taken through relevant parts of guidelines and directed at tools needed for their energy citizenship context.
