ECEMP 2025
European Energy Transition and Society: moving towards Implementation
16-17 October 2025, Brussels and online
Energy transition goals are set in law. Models show trajectories towards net zero in 2050. Key policy measures trickle down from the top. And society? This year’s ECEMP edition mixes qualitative and quantitative research and modelling approaches to focus on accelerating implementation while continuing to deliver insights from modelling intercomparison in energy-climate transition analyses and embedding/simulating insights from the social sciences and humanities.
Overview
ECEMP 2025 is dedicated to showcasing the latest policy-relevant findings derived from analyses of climate and energy models. The event also serves as a meeting point to discuss the latest research trends in developing collaborative modelling exercises. The scope and thematic areas of the event include, but are not limited to:
- Realizing the 2040 targets: What policy measures and innovations should be accelerated? Latest trends, assessments and definitions of Energy Transition scenarios, how do we reach European climate targets?
- Comparing modelling frameworks for better implementation: How to compare results between models? How to explore different model frameworks and results visually?
- Developing detailed energy and climate models in space and time: how to include more sectoral detail, e.g., sectoral targets like grid expansion or Hydrogen or mobility?
- Assessing model implementation of different targets: How to advance developing common metrics across models, input data harmonization and common standards?
- Broadening approaches to include social sciences and humanities in modelling: e.g., participatory approaches to modelling social behaviours in energy / multi-system models.
- Expand the scope of energy models to include social sciences and humanities topics in models: e.g., circular economy, socio-economic and behavioural aspects to increasing climate resilience.
- The application of a (multi-) system approach to energy modelling, recognising the interactions between the energy system, other key EU policy pillars like climate and mobility and beyond.
- Understanding and showcasing distributional and other socio-economic implications
- AI for energy knowledge discovery accelerating human capacities.
- Modelling specific policy implementations under the EGD, Fit-for-55, and Climate Neutrality target.
- Cross-border energy coordination and market design evolution.
- Understanding the interactions within the climate-economy-biodiversity nexus, and how to bring these considerations into the ex-ante impact assessment modelling tools.
- Expand the assessment indicators, including wider policy priorities such as competitiveness, health, justice.
ECEMP Organizing Committee: Jakob Rager (Chair), Zoi Vrontisi (Co-chair), Davide Natalini (Co-Chair), and Johannes Emmerling (Co-chair). For further information please contact us at: ecemp@ecemf.eu.
It is sponsored by various EU-funded projects under the Horizon Europe programme, DGs at the European Commission and other initiatives. The active participation of these projects makes ECEMP 2025 possible.
It has a hybrid format, allowing for both free online and free in-person attendance. The event will feature segments dedicated to policy-relevant research results (mainly in person, during the first day) as well as in-depth discussions on the latest trends in modelling development (second day, partly also hybrid format). Attendance to the in-person part of the event is only on a (predetermined) invitational basis due to the venue’s limited capacity. Attendance to the online part of the event is registration-based, and everyone is welcome. All plenary sessions are with in-person speakers, and these sessions are streamed online.
Online Registration Forms
- Day 1: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1efe35c1-2285-4bea-9c70-0667cb3a4962@a372f724-c0b2-4ea0-abfb-0eb8c6f84e40
- Day 2: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/74bd55eb-5aee-4ce8-8b13-f06ec42016d0@a372f724-c0b2-4ea0-abfb-0eb8c6f84e40
Special Sessions
The following sessions will take place on Day 2:
13:30-14:50: Mainstreaming Reflexive Practices in Systems Modelling Approaches:
15:10-16:30: Developing clean and affordable transport – African perspectives and advancements:
Special Issue
Submissions for the Special Issue related to ECEMP 2025 are now open!
We’re organizing a Focus Collection in Environmental Research: Energy (EREN), titled European Energy Transition and Society: Moving Towards Implementation, and designed to bring together a broad community of researchers and practitioners working on Europe’s energy and climate transition. All the information for the Focus Issue and submission guidelines can be accessed here: Focus on European Energy Transition and Society: moving towards Implementation – IOPscience.
Why consider submitting?
- No article publication charges for all articles submitted in 2025 and invited articles in 2026.
- A chance to contribute to a high-impact journal and shape the conversation on Europe’s path to climate neutrality.
Guest Editors:
- Davide Natalini, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
- Jakob Rager, HES-SO Valais/Wallis
- Zoi Vrontisi, E3Modelling S.A., part of Ricardo
Key details:
- Submission deadline: 31 January 2026
- Confirm intention to submit by: 23 November 2025 to qualify for free submission in January (by emailing davide.natalini@aru.ac.uk and bethan.phillips@ioppublishing.org)
The issue will cover topics such as (but not limited to):
- Pathways and policy measures for 2040/2050 targets
- Harmonizing modelling frameworks
- AI-driven and participatory approaches
- Integration of social sciences into modelling
- Equity and socio-economic implications of transition pathways
Co-organising Projects
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