How Cold Will Winter Be?

People experiencing poverty are hit especially hard by rising energy prices and the impact of economic and social crises. Energy poverty is no longer an issue affecting only a small number of households – it has become a major challenge for society as a whole. That’s why energy is also a question of social justice, participation, and quality of life.

How can we ensure that everyone has access to affordable energy? What can policymakers, businesses, and we as a society do to effectively tackle energy poverty? And how can we transform our energy system in a socially just way that leaves no one behind?

Together with experts from academia, policymaking, and professional practice, we’ll explore what is needed to make the transition to clean energy socially just and keep energy affordable for everyone.

Discussion

Franz Angerer, Managing Director, Austrian Energy Agency

Karin Heitzmann, Professor, Institute for Social Policy, Department of Socioeconomics, WU Vienna

Korinna Schumann, Federal Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection

Sigrid Stagl, Professor, Institute for Ecological Economics, Department of Socioeconomics, WU Vienna