One size fits all? Prospects for developing a common strategy supporting European Union households in times of energy crisis

On the basis of an exploratory survey research conducted in Lithuania, Germany and Poland, the paper argues that in the European Union there are conditions to develop a common strategy for supporting households in their struggle to improve energy efficiency, increase the use of renewable energy sources and make them more resilient against rising energy prices in times of the current energy crisis. It also sheds new light on Local Action Groups, providing arguments that they could be used as a tool for implementing a common strategy, serving to increase household involvement in the decarbonization of local socio-economic systems.& COPY; 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Based on an exploratory survey conducted in Lithuania, Germany, and Poland, this paper argues that the European Union has the potential to develop a common strategy to support households in improving energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy sources, and making them more resilient to rising energy prices during the current energy crisis. The study also suggests that Local Action Groups could be utilized as a tool for implementing this strategy and increasing household involvement in decarbonizing local socio-economic systems.