28/06/2025
Resilience through innovation: Europe's clean tech ecosystem gains ground
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The latest stories, insights, news, and resources on climate from the ECF and our partners.
30.06.2025
2024 Annual Report: Advancing Climate Action for Peace, Democracy and Prosperity
Our 2024 Annual Report reflects on a year that both tested our community and revealed its strength. This edition highlights the achievements of our network, the lessons drawn from a shifting political landscape, and the path forward toward a green,…
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21.04.2026
A Strait Too Narrow: How Fertiliser Disruption Is Unravelling Global Food Security
As conflict unfolds in the Middle East, markets and consumers remain fixated on the Strait of Hormuz. Headlines focus on disrupted shipping lanes, supply chain uncertainty and rising petrol prices. But far less attention has been paid to how this crisis reaches beyond the…
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24.02.2026
The Strategic Climate Risks Initiative joins the European Climate Foundation
We are pleased to announce that the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI) has joined the European Climate Foundation as a hosted platform. SCRI is a think-and-do tank based in the UK and working at the forefront of the “new climate reality” — helping governments, institutions, and communities across the world understand…
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28.08.2025
Rethinking travel: What’s changing about how Europe moves?
As the summer travel season winds down across the world, the emissions left in its wake remain. With millions having taken to the skies and roads—and transport still one of the continent’s biggest sources of pollution—Europe faces a pressing question:…
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11.06.2026
From Division to Dialogue: Czech Social Experiment Shows the Power of Citizen Participation
A new documentary from the Czech project CzeXperiment, supported by the European Climate Foundation (ECF), demonstrates how structured public dialogue can help bridge deep societal divides, and inspire concrete civic action. The first film in a three-part series, premiering online…
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04.06.2026
How Citizen Action Helped Kraków Clean Its Air and Save Thousands of Lives
In the winter of 2012, Kraków was facing one of the most severe urban air‑quality crises in Europe. Daily PM10 concentrations routinely soared to 200–400 μg/m³—up to eight times the EU’s legal limit. In December that year, only three days met air‑quality standards, and annual…
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28.05.2026
IE University and European Climate Foundation partner to train next generation of climate policy leaders
IE University and the European Climate Foundation (ECF) have signed a new partnership to support the development of future leaders in climate policy and governance. The agreement brings ECF on board as a key partner for IE University’s new Master in…
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12.03.2026
The Transport Campus
Transport Campus is an open learning and networking space for professionals working on transport decarbonisation across communications, advocacy, and policy. Led by the ECF Transport Programme, it brings together a growing community of over 230 participants from across Europe and…
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10.02.2026
ECF Academy
Supporting our partners in an increasingly hostile environment We are now offering a range of Network and Organisational Development (NOD) opportunities as part of our Academy programme. This programme was developed in collaboration with more than 70 organisations, responding to…
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12.01.2026
Attitudes and Behaviour towards Energy in Europe
Ipsos Polling for ECF Since 2022, the ECF has commissioned representative public polling on the energy transition from respected global market research company Ipsos. Download the full dataset for 2024 using the links below. Fieldwork was conducted between 29th Nov–30th…
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