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Giulia Colafrancesco

Senior Policy Advisor Governance and Just Transition

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Giulia Colafrancesco is a Senior Policy Advisor Governance and Just Transition at ECCO.

Giulia’s work focuses on the cross-cutting themes of inclusion, social justice and the just transition. Prior to joining ECCO, Giulia mainly worked in the UK within the field of sustainable urban environments. In this context, she had the chance to work with a vast range of stakeholders, from local councilors, businesses and enterprises, civil society organisations and more. Here, she became familiar and experimented with participatory approaches and community engagement techniques. In particular, Giulia spent the last two years working on active and sustainable travel projects as well as projects on equity, diversity and inclusion. 

After a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Giulia obtained her first Master’s degree in International Relations in 2015. Following this experience, she graduated from SOAS University of London with a Master of Science in Migration, Mobility and Development. After a few years away from academia, Giulia has obtained a Certificate in Sustainable Food and Natural Resources with the Center for Alternative Technology in Wales, in partnership with John Moore University in Liverpool.  

Articoli di Giulia Colafrancesco

Pubblicazioni di Giulia Colafrancesco

My car, my home, my job: How to reconcile climate policies with people’s needs and how to generate consensus

December 2024
This document is a first contribution to support policy makers in finding the right tools to interpret the needs of our society along the process of transition away from fossil fuels, as well as building a consensus based political proposal and a shared framework of reference based on the principles outlined in this document. Further, it opens a season of social studies aimed at exploring social, economic and cultural drivers of behaviours in relation to climate action.

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My car, my home, my job: How to reconcile climate policies with people’s needs and how to generate consensus

December 2024
Decarbonising our economies to face the threat of climate change is not an easy task, but we cannot shy away from tackling distributional issues and inequality. A political strategy is necessary to smoothly guide people when faced with the high costs of the transition, a tight timeframe and other barriers. This policy brief serves as a first contribution to finding the right tools to interpret the needs of our society and solve its structural problems along the process of transitioning away from fossil fuels.

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Strategy for public participation and multi-level dialogue in the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)

August 2023
WRITTEN BYGiulia Colafrancesco, Chiara Di Mambro
Italy, like other European countries, has been called upon to structure the process of updating the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) through public participation and effective multi-level dialogue, as envisaged by the Energy Union Governance Regulations and reiterated by the Commission’s Guidelines for revision of the Plan. This work shows the availability of resources, time and knowledge to make the NECP a plan that reflects the needs of the country, through a participation-based path.

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