Islands stand as proof of how the energy transition can be a driver of economic development, creating local jobs, offering new business opportunities and supporting the self-sufficiency of island communities. This was the message that the European Commission brought to Greening the Islands, the international conference on the sustainability of small islands, organised in collaboration with Italy’s association of island administrations (ANCIM) and held on the Sicilian island of Favignana on November 3 and 4.
“The European Union has an ambitious goal of decarbonising 1,000 EU islands by 2030,” said Wioletta Dunin-Majeuska from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy. “To achieve this,