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The #CypriotPPC is concluding with closing remarks from our Chairperson of the Board Lucia Mokra and Mary Varda, Research Fellow at the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs 🇨🇾

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"Due to its strategic positioning, #Cyprus is becoming a crucial EU entry hub for renewable energy", says Andreas Poullikkas from Frederick University during our discussion on EU #energy challenges.

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"Today the cost of producing #hydrogen is around 5-10 dollars per kilo, but we expect these costs to fall in the future. This will turn hydrogen into an interesting competitive to natural gas."

- Andreas Poullikas, Professor, Frederick University
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"The #transition to a decarbonised global economy is behind schedule, especially in the US and China. Some things are changing, but the pace is too slow to be able to reach the 2050 targets," explains Charles Ellinas at our event.

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"The recent, massive blackout in #Spain pointed to a serious problem with EU energy security: Europe needs more #electricity storage and interconnection."

- Charles Ellinas, Councillor, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social at the #CypriotPPC

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"Affordability remains the social problem of the transition; more and more people are experiencing #energy poverty after the COVID-19 pandemic. We must consider who will be able to afford #renewable energy sources," says Alexia Sakadaki at our #CypriotPPC.

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"The road to climate neutrality is neither linear nor simple. It demands structural change and that no one is left behind in the #transition."

- Alexia Sakadaki, Member of the Cyprus Green Party, at our #CypriotPPC.

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Last but not least, we will discuss the EU green agenda 👉 With Alexia Sakadaki from the Cyprus Green Party, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social's Charles Ellinas, and Andreas Poullikkas (Frederick University)

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"The EU was born out of a promise that our common interest will create a shared destiny. Yet, the current European architecture seems to have forgotten this as inequalities among states grow and #solidarity is waning," says Charis Polycarpou at today's #CypriotPPC

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"The EU failed to incorporate the social aspect into the European project. We need to consider not just the socio-economic paradigm for Europe, but also the needs of the European #citizens, who are the core value of this discussion"

- Charis Polycarpou, Head of Economic Policy, AKEL
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"In the Strategic Agenda, the 27 governments affirmed their determination to build a prosperous and competitive #Europe, insisting that this should be done together and that economic growth should benefit all citizens," says Jean-Louis de Brouwer.

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