🌱🇪🇺[Opportunity] Join the Youth Climate Pact Challenge🇪🇺🌱

📌On behalf of DG CLIMA, we would like to invite you to join the Youth Climate Pact Challenge. The Youth Climate Pact Challenge - part of the European Climate Pact launched by the European Commission - is a new initiative launched to give young people the chance to turn climate action ideas into concrete projects.
👥WHO: Members of your organizations are invited to take part in the Youth Climate Pact Challenge. The only requirement for a team is that its members should be 15–30-year-olds and living in the European Union.
🏆PRIZE: Best projects will be presented to Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on 11 October. In addition, all the projects submitted on the Platform will receive support to bring them to life through an incubation program.
🗓DEADLINE: 26 September
📎LINK: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/events/youth-climate-pact-challenge_en

🎇🇪🇺European Youth Event (EYE2021): registrations are open 🇪🇺🎇

📌 EYE will bring together thousands of young people from all over the European Union and beyond, to shape and share their ideas on the future of Europe. This edition is a culmination of youth consultations run on youthideas.eu in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

👥 WHO: All young people aged between 16 and 30 years old
🗓 WHEN: 8 and 9 October 2021
📍WHERE: European Parliament, Strasbourg 🇨🇵
⁉HOW: Participation at EYE2021 is free of charge, however you need to arrange and cover your own travel and accommodation in Strasbourg.
❌ DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 12 September at 23:59 (CEST)
📎LINK: https://bit.ly/3BTUW6Q

⚡[Event] YES-Europe Annual Conference | 16th October 2021⚡

📌 Our Founding Member YES-Europe launches 2021- 2022 programme with a one-day event on the energy transition. With keynotes, workshops and panel discussions on energy and sustainability, this event is design for students and young professionals to learn and engage in interactive discussions with experts from the energy field.
🗓WHEN: October 16th 2021, 10am-9pm CET (online)
📎LINK: https://yeseurope.org/projects/events/annual-conference/

[Opportunity available only for EYEN and EYEN Member]
👉Join the EUROPEAN YOUTH ENERGY COMMUNICATION HACKATHON as a MENTOR! 👈
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2021 is hosting the first European Youth Energy Communication Hackathon, leading up to the second edition of the European Youth Energy Day (EYED) on Thursday 28 October 2021.

🧑Participants aged between 18 and 34 years old* are invited to join the online Hackathon from 18.00 CET on Monday 25 October to 18.00 CET on Wednesday 27 October. Teams composed of two to five participants will focus on developing innovative communication solutions to enhance “consumer engagement with renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency”.

🏆 Challenges that require mentorship (preferably challenges 1 and 5):
- Increase consumer awareness on their energy consumption and impact
- Increase consumer awareness about energy efficiency and practices of how to save energy and reduce their CO2 footprint
- Increase energy efficiency in buildings - construction materials, isolation or heating and cooling
- Improve and facilitate a dialogue between local policy actors/pubic authorities and communities on energy transition
- Develop narratives, outreach and communication techniques to address opposition and disinformation about Renewable Energy Source projects

When you need to have some availability? (Non-necessary 100% available but most of it)
📅 Day 1 - 25 October (18.00-21.00 - opening session, introduction of mentors and mentor availability)
📅 Day 2 - 26 October (10.00-13.00 - Series of info sessions for participants - mentors to give relevant sessions & 14:00-20:00 - Schedule of availability to be given during these hours)
📅 Day 3 - 27 October (11:00-13:00 & 15:00-17:00 - Schedule of availability to be given during these hours

How to apply? Send your name, email, challenges that you can mentor and motivation of max 200 words with experience and why you can should be a mentor. Send this information to with the subject “Mentor EUSEW - Application Your name” secretariat@youthenergy.eu by the latest Sunday 19th September 23:59

We are pleased to invite you to take part in the European Youth Energy Communication Hackathon 2021, which will challenge teams to develop effective communication activities to enhance the consumer’s engagement towards renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency.

⚡️Registrations are now open! ⚡️

📅 What are the steps?

1 - From Thursday 16 September to Friday 15 October: registrations are open on the Hackathon platform for anyone who is eligible.
2 - Thursday 23 September: the Hackathon platform opens for the “Ideation” phase during which participants can start building teams and working on their Idea.
3 - Friday 15 October: teams are required to submit a presentation of their Idea. A shortlist of maximum 10 teams selected by the expert jury to take part in the 48H Hackathon is then communicated on Thursday 21 October.
4 - Monday 25 October 18.00 CET: the Hackathon officially launches and the teamwork begins for 48 hours.
5 - Thursday 28 October: European Youth Energy Day. Following the 48H Hackathon, the finalist teams are invited to pitch their projects to the expert jury and wider EUSEW audience, ahead of the final award ceremony taking place that day. . .

🧑 Who can take part?

To be eligible, you must be aged 18-34 (individuals born on or after 28 October 1986), a resident or citizen of one of the countries of the European Union and be ready to share your bright ideas about transforming the energy landscape in Europe and beyond. You may enter as an individual but will need to create or become part of a team of minimum two and maximum five members, by the end of the “Ideation” phase.

🏢 About EUSEW

The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is a month-long series of activities to build a secure energy future for Europe. It brings together public authorities, private companies, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives to save energy and move towards renewables for clean, secure and efficient power.
Launched in 2006 by the European Commission, EUSEW was organised by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) until 31 March 2021, and as of 1 April 2021 is organised by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), in close cooperation with the Directorate-General for Energy.

📢 After its summer break, the CommUnity by InnoEnergy is continuing the Online Café Sessions and they would like to have you with us. For the September Session Online Café, they have invited Laurent Bontoux for conversations over Foresight in practice – Using scenarios to shape the future. Laurent is working in Foresight at the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) where he is Senior Foresight for Policy Expert.

🎙In his presentation he will cover the topics below:

👉 A short definition of foresight
👉 Why scenarios are such an important tool in foresight practice
👉 Different types of scenarios and how to create them
👉 How these scenarios can be used to explore the future and influence decision-making
👉 Introduction to the Scenario Exploration System (SES), a tool designed to help people understand how a given concrete issue could evolve under specific scenarios.

🔎For more information and to register for the session, you can visit the event page on the CommUnity Platform by clicking here 👈

🎬🌳𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪! Join the Livestream of the international event "Reshaping the urban energy landscape - citizens' perspective on the urban energy transition" (You forget to register? no problem!)

👉 Livestream (now in the #panel with international experts): https://live.remo.co/e/reshaping-the-urban-energy-lands

👉 Want to join the interactive #workshop at 13:30 CEST to reshape the energy roadmaps of cities around the world (Milan, Sao Paolo, Kazan, Amsterdam, Glasgow) and let your voice be heard at COP26 through a report from the event? Then you can send an email to events@youthenergy.eu NOW!

🚀 Our member YES-Europe is hosting local kick-off events across Europe this fall!

YES-Europe's local teams are organizing their own kick-off events before the YES-Europe Annual Conference on the 16th of October (more info will follow). If you are interested in what the local teams are up to and how can you get involved, make sure to join their events.

🇫🇮 YES-Europe Finland 5th of October: https://tinyurl.com/34bfke9n
🇩🇪 YES-Europe Germany: date is to be announced, follow their page to learn about it as soon as it goes live
🇭🇺 YES-Europe Hungary 7th of October: https://tinyurl.com/7737w4a7
🇮🇹 YES-Europe Italy 5th of October: https://tinyurl.com/fxvzffvz

🤔 Can't find your country in this post? Make sure to follow them on LinkedIn to find out when they are hosting their events. You can find all YES-Europe's local teams here: https://yeseurope.org/community/local-teams/

🙌 YES-Europe Annual Conference is happening this Saturday! 🙌
Are you interested in learning more about sustainable finance, climate change, public policies in the energy sector? Do you want to engage around sustainability and energy topics with workshops and networking sessions? This event is the right opportunity for you to engage with us!
In the annual conference, you’ll have a chance to develop your own thoughts and self-reflect in our workshops around sustainable leadership and policy-making, learn new ideas from a diverse selection of keynotes and panel discussions and engage with experts from the energy sustainability field.
During the evening you’ll have a chance to hear more about YES-Europe, connect with fellow students and young professionals in the field and learn about opportunities to engage with us!
Learn more about the speakers & program: https://lnkd.in/eF2VdkyM
Register for the event: https://lnkd.in/epmtwgch

[CommUnity by InnoEnergy - Online Cafè meets EYEN]

📢 On the last Tuesday of each month from 19:00 to 20:15 CEST, tune into the CommUnity by InnoEnergy's Online Café for a casual energy-related conversation with experts from the field. Grab your drink of choice, make yourself comfortable, and get ready to Learn, Discuss, and Network with your fellow energy enthusiasts!

🗓 For the Online Café | October Session, Jacopo Sala will join us for a conversation on the role of youth in energy transition. Aside from pursuing a PhD at Hasselt University, where he develops solar modules models to simulate perovskite-based multijunction solar cells, Jacopo is actively involving in creating and developing networks of young professionals in sustainable energy.

🎙In this presentation, we will discuss:
👉 The role of youth involvement in the energy transition
👉 The creation of European Youth Energy Network (EYEN)
👉 The mission of EYEN and ongoing and future activities
👉 OpenPolicy Europe, EYEN’s project to introduce young citizens to policy making

🔎 For more information and to register for the session, visit the event page on the CommUnity Platform! 👉https://community.innoenergy.com/events/69769👈

🔥 Young Talent Programme - Enlit Europe (30 Nov - 2 Dec, Milan) 🔥

👉 The Initiate Young Talent programme gives the next generation the chance to connect and learn first-hand from the experts. Students who are approaching graduation and are interested in working in the industry and young professionals (under-30) are given genuine opportunities to learn about the industry and the energy transition.

🎖 Free Summit tickets will be granted to students with the ambition to make an impact and innovate the industry: https://www.enlit-europe.com/initiate/initiate-young-talent-programme

☘️ [Youth and Environment Europe - YEE] ☘️
Youth and Environment Europe is delighted to invite you to attend the online workshop “The state of nuclear power energy in Europe | A youth viewpoint on why nuclear energy is not the answer to tackle the climate crisis”, this Friday 29th of October from 10:00-12:00 AM CEST.

The workshop agenda and concept are built upon the main dilemma if nuclear energy is the right answer to the climate crisis. Given the recent developments, where nuclear energy is re-gaining space and attention on the political and public debate, being regarded as an alternative to combat the climate crisis and accomplish the climate targets.

Is that true? We'll find the answer jointly this Friday!
If interested, please register here: https://forms.gle/kzQiwcvamK9gb94GA

For further details, please do find enclosed this email the workshop agenda and you can read more for the workshop at this link: https://yeenet.eu/the-state-of-nuclear-power-energy-in-europe-webinar/

🇪🇺 [Project opportunity from the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union] 🇫🇷

A call for "young and eco-committed" projects has been launched on October 15th 2021. This call is addressed to young Europeans between 18 and 30 or young residents in the European Union with new, socially useful ideas to better fight and adapt to climate change, promote the circular economy and management of waste and natural resources, act for biodiversity or educate people about sustainable development.
The call for projects is open between 15 October 2021 and 30 November 2021
More info: https://jeunes.gouv.fr/challenge-ecoengage

☘️ [AESS Modena - Agenzia per l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Sostenibile] 🏘

Beyond Positive Energy Districts: cutting edge approaches and stories from the forefront

Truly sustainable houses, districts and cities are needed now more than ever to not only mitigate, but especially adapt to climate change effects. Within this session, we’ll explore theoretical frameworks for net positive development strategies at first. Then we’ll learn from a university students led experience in building a NZEB Living Lab, adaptive to significant structural changes over time to accommodate technological developments of the main components. Finally, we’ll hear from a cutting-edge model for deeply sustainable and regenerative cities in different regions of the world, raising the bar for future urban planning.

To register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1530592072565745675
For more info: https://www.settimanabioarchitettura.it/

⚡️ [RES4Africa - Opportunity to join their Advisory Board] 🌍
RES4Africa are looking for youth representatives to join their advisory board, please see the attached concept note.
The Advisory Board will be established soon, will meet 1-2 times a year and will be renewed every 4 years, all details are available in the document enclosed.

Selection criteria:
- High-profile youth aware of energy sector and policies;
- Max 30 years old;
- Be part of a sectorial Youth network (formal affiliation);
- Availability to be part of RES4A Advisory board, 2 meetings per year for about 4 years;
- At least one female;
- At least one African;
- Send CV and short Bio.
Please send your CV and bio directly to Maria Caterina Mattiolo on mariacaterina.mattiolo@res4africa.org

🙋‍♂️ [Student Energy] ⚡️
Applications are now open to join the first cohort of the ​SE Career Training📢
​
The ​SE Career Training is a 4-month cohort-based program aimed at young people between 18 and 30 who are interested in pursuing a career that advances the energy transition. The course will offer a comprehensive introduction to the current energy system, decarbonization pathways, energy economics and policy.

SE Career Training aims to provide students in our cohort with the technical and soft skills necessary for them to secure an internship or entry-level role in the energy sector.
​
​The deadline for application is Nov 29, 2021!
​
​Click on the link to apply https://bit.ly/3n9ImeX

🧑‍🎓⚡[Florence School of Regulation - Annual Scholarships]⚡👨‍🎓

👉 Each year, the Florence School of Regulation - Energy and Climate (FSR Energy & Climate) awards scholarships for a wide variety of training courses targeting a broad audience of professionals and academics.

📌 If you are interested in one of their training courses and you are looking for financial support, you will be able to apply for an FSR scholarship for a fully-funded place.

📎 Link: https://fsr.eui.eu/fsr-annual-scholarships/

📢On the last Tuesday of each month from 19:00 to 20:15 CET, tune into the Online Café for a casual energy-related conversation with experts from the field. Grab your drink of choice, make yourself comfortable, and get ready to Learn, Discuss, and Network with your fellow energy enthusiasts!

🗓For the November Session at Online Café, we have invited Ashish Guhan Baskar for a conversation on second life batteries. Ashish has a masters in Sustainable Energy Engineering from KTH and works at Uniper SE as a short-term power trader. He is also involved in the start-up world, working to enable upcycling of EV batteries and bring a smarter grid of distributed energy assets.

🎙In this presentation, we will discuss:
👉 The role of batteries in the Energy Transition
👉 The importance of upcycling Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries
👉 Applications and Challenges of Second Life Batteries
👉 Current and needed policy framework

🔎For more information and to register for the session, visit the event page on the CommUnity Platform! 👉https://community.innoenergy.com/events/73625👈

[UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth)]
Our Innovation Readiness Program aims to foster youth innovation globally in order to achieve the SDGs. The program provides skills and networks, allowing young people to create viable and sustainable solutions and support them in implementing and scaling these solutions. More info HERE

Overview of the Innovation Readiness Program:
Please click HERE for the application page and more information about the 2022 Innovation Readiness Program. The IRP program will begin from March 2022 and the Pitch Competition will be held in October 2022.