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University Challenge

Challenge 5 – Energy transition and society

How to achieve an orderly and just transition, while ensuring that it is cost-efficient?

The energy transition should be just, competitive, global, and cost-efficient, supported by science and technology, keeping in mind that it will be the companies, the self-employed, SMEs, and consumers who will bear the cost. This is why it is necessary to promote different strategies so that industries and citizens can have more sustainable energy, both at home and in their mobility.

Challenges

These are the areas in which you can develop your proposals, you can choose more than one.

Macarena de la Llave

Streamlining/simplifying regulation

How should the European and Spanish regulation be to promote and accelerate the energy transition?

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Antonio López

The social impact of the energy transition

How to ensure that the social impact of the energy transition is positive for society and companies?

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Helena González Romera

Training and new employment opportunities

How can the energy transition help train people and offer them new job opportunities?

Blanca Costa

Educación en la transición energética

¿Qué iniciativas propones para que los jóvenes aprendan sobre qué es la transición energética?

Ana León

Comunicación de la transición energética

¿Cómo podemos acercar al público joven los mensajes de la transición energética?

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Mar de Andrés

Transición energética y sociedad

¿Qué ideas propones para que la transición energética contribuya al desarrollo positivo de la sociedad?

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Ventura González

Financing the transition

What strategies do you propose to finance the transition without it meaning a loss of competitiveness or relocating industry?

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Extended information

Europe has set itself the goal of being the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. To do so, it plans to reduce its emissions by 50% by 2030, which implies great efforts to decarbonize the economy.


For this, it is necessary to promote different strategies that allow financing the cost of the transition without this meaning the loss of competitiveness of industries and the relocation of the industrial fabric, and for citizens to be able to deal with the increase in the costs of using more sustainable energy, both at home and in their mobility.


On the other hand, it is necessary to promote regulatory proposals in countries that respond to European regulation, guaranteeing an orderly and coordinated transition in all sectors of the economy.


Without forgetting that it is necessary to promote educational programs that allow these concepts to be brought closer to society in a simple, clear, and neutral way, so that they understand their role in this transition and become an active part of the change.

How to participate in this challenge

It's simple, the first thing to do is to register in Open Room to create a team. At the end of the registration phase, with the teams already formed, you can start to elaborate the proposals for the challenges of your choice.

 

What if I don't have a team?

You can still register, we will assign you to a team already created at the end of the registration phase.

 

What are the deadlines?

  • Deadline. Registration and team creation: from 10/23/2023 to 02/08/2024
  • Deadline. Submission of proposals: from 10/23/2023 to 02/8/2024
  • Deadline. Selection of finalists: from 09/02/2024 to 29/02/2024
  • Face-to-face competition: March 8-9, 2024

 

What should your team's proposal include?

  • A PDF, maximum three pages, explaining your proposed solution to the challenge.
  • A video, of maximum three minutes, in which you explain in a simplified way the proposal, its implementation and feasibility.
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