Description du projet
La participation des citoyens dans la transition vers une énergie à faible émission de carbone
La transition vers une énergie à faible émission de carbone est un objectif important de l’UE. Le rôle joué par les citoyens dans ce processus de transition est essentiel. L’innovation sociale peut stimuler la participation des citoyens. En outre, les initiatives d’action collective encouragent la mobilisation citoyenne et garantissent la contribution du public dans le processus de transition. Toutefois, nous manquons de connaissances sur le développement des initiatives d’action collective, ainsi que dans l’estimation de leur potentiel. Le projet COMETS, financé par l’UE, examinera l’évolution et la contribution des initiatives d’action collective dans les efforts de transition énergétique aux niveaux européen et national dans six pays. COMETS vise à enrichir notre compréhension scientifique des incitations et aspirations des initiatives d’action collective, leurs limitations, ainsi que leur performance historique et future dans la transition énergétique.
Objectif
There are large knowledge gaps around the governance of the low carbon energy system transition in a smooth and participative way, ensuring that citizens are at the centre of the required fundamental transformation and enabling the full efflorescence of their creative potential. Social innovation is a prime way to tap into that potential while Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs), a social innovation in itself, are a prime way to mobilize people and to ensure the acceptance for and participation in the necessary transition process. However, both social innovation and CAIs lack proper scientific and field-tested understanding of their development and factors for success. As of today, the role of citizen-driven CAIs (e.g. energy communities, cooperatives, purchasing groups) and their contribution to the energy transition has neither been quantified at an aggregate level, nor has their contribution potential been estimated or understood in sufficient depth. The COMETS project aims to fill these knowledge gaps by quantifying the European-wide aggregate contribution of CAIs to the energy transition at national and European levels by investigating their evolution and scaling up at an in-depth level in six selected countries. The main expected impacts of the project are two-fold. Firstly, COMETS will advance the scientific knowledge on the motives, desires, objectives and barriers of such collective action initiatives and their historical and future role in the energy transition. Building on the information gathered and tested for its robustness, we will then co-develop and test supportive tools together with CAI members, decision makers and the scientific community. Lastly, these stakeholders will then be able to exploit the main outputs of COMETS, namely a Supporting Platform for CAIs, the enhanced knowledge base, scenarios and roadmaps for spreading CAI models, even after the project is concluded.
Champ scientifique
Mots‑clés
Programme(s)
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
10124 Torino
Italie