AdJUST final conference
12 May 2026, h. 9:30 – 16:00 CEST | European Economic and Social Committee, Rue Van Maerlant 2, Brussels (Room: VMA22)
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How can Europe achieve climate neutrality without leaving anyone behind? At the AdJUST final conference, researchers, policymakers, trade unions, and civil society come together to tackle this crucial question. The event will showcase key findings on the social and labour impacts of the green transition, present the Just Transition Vision, and spark interactive discussions on fairness, inclusion, and energy poverty.

With the support of the partners, IEEP is organising the final conference of the Horizon Europe project AdJUST (“Achieving a just energy transition”), where key results will be presented to the participants.

Amidst the challenges of implementing the Fit for 55 package, which aims to enable the EU to reach its intermediate climate targets by 2030, the AdJUST partners have analysed the distributive impacts of the transition to climate neutrality and identified effective policy interventions to accompany climate action that leaves no one behind. By fostering active stakeholder engagement, the project’s aim was to increase societal support for ambitious climate action.

The final conference offers a prime opportunity to present AdJUST’s Just Transition Vision and showcase key study findings on labour market impacts (including for workers and trade unions), broader justice dimensions beyond labour, as well as institutional capacity. It will also feature interactive discussions on just transition, climate, and energy poverty, with insights from experts, including EU, national and local policymakers, trade unions, think tanks and representatives of civil society.

Programme:

• Keynote from Member of the European Parliament
• Broadcasting of the “Just Transition Vision”
• Presentation of the project’s results around 4 key messages:
  • Workers
  • Trade unions
  • Beyond work
  • Institutional capacity
• Interactive discussion with first inputs from experts (policymakers, trade unions, think tanks and representatives of civil society)

AdJUST is a Horizon Europe project coordinated by the CMCC Foundation and carried out by a transdisciplinary European consortium consisting of 9 EU partners, 2 UK associated partners and other 11 EU associated partners. The objectives of AdJUST are to achieve a step change in societal understanding of the distributive repercussions of the transition to climate neutrality, and to identify effective and actively-supported policy interventions to accompany climate action so that no-one is left behind.