How is the EU progressing toward the energy transition?

The promise made by the European Union in 2019 with the launch of the European Green Deal was that by 2050 Europe will be the first climate-neutral continent. Meanwile, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine - with the related energy crisis - occurred.

So, how is the European Green Deal doing? Deutsche Welle, with the help of seven other EDJNet partners, tracked its progress so far, looking one by one at the sectors the EU had promised to intervene in.

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Uncharted Europe: Episode #9

In the final episode of this series of Uncharted Europe we present you the results of our investigation tracking the progress of the EU toward the energy transition.

You’ll hear from Ajit Niranjan, climate and data journalist at Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪 and coordinator of this investigation, and Anita Ishaq, data journalist at Openpolis 🇮🇹.

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Why Europeans no longer want to work as before

The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the labour market: the so-called “platform economy” rapidly developed during the pandemic while lockdowns and travel restrictions changed the way we work. But, more than that, the pandemic changed the way we think about work.

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Is mass unemployment coming to an end?

The unemployment rate is low in many European countries, thanks, however, to a decrease in productivity that could become a problem in the near future.

The great disappearance of job applicants

Employers are desperate to hire. All over Europe, the small ads that flourish in restaurant windows are turning yellow for lack of interested candidates - to the great annoyance of bosses. But the complaints go far beyond the hotel and restaurant sector.

Does work still have meaning?

The climate and Covid crises have led more and more workers - especially younger ones - to question the meaning of their work, resulting in "quiet quitting" and loss of motivation.

Telework, a new privilege?

The Covid crisis has accelerated the rise of telework in all European countries, in all sectors of activity and all company sizes. This has benefited employees and companies, whose satisfaction and productivity levels have increased. But it also risks creating a digital divide between "teleworkable" jobs and those that are not.

Platform workers are becoming more and more commonplace

Delivery, transport, but also business services: more and more workers are opting for self-employed status by using online platforms to obtain assignments. This is a common phenomenon throughout the European Union.

Presenting our students' pitches

On 5 April we will hold a public final session of the free online Data Journalism Training courses offered by EDJNet over the last few months. Some of the students that took part in the training will present their work. We'll keep offering such free training opportunities in the coming months.

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From the data journalism community

 Fellowship  GNI Student Fellowship 2023
The GNI Student Fellowship is a programme managed by the European Journalism Centre in partnership with the Google News Initiative. Selected students and recent graduates will work at one of the participating newsrooms during the summer of 2023, which include EDJNet members Der Standard and Il Sole 24 Ore.
👉 Deadline: 21 April 2023. More information here.

 Fellowship  The Europe-Ukraine Desk
N-ost launched “The Europe-Ukraine Desk”, a new project which aims to foster exchange and cross-border collaboration between journalists from Ukraine and Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Spain. The project consists of fellowship programmes, a grant programme for the development of joint publications, and a weekly newsletter summarising current discussions about Ukraine.
👉 Deadline: 9 April 2023. More information here.