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Their core work

Green Liberty is a Latvian environmental NGO specializing in sustainable consumption, citizen engagement, and the policy conditions needed to enable low-carbon lifestyles. In H2020 research, they contribute practical expertise in running citizen labs and multi-stakeholder processes — translating academic findings into tools and recommendations that communities and policymakers can act on. Their core value to consortia is bridging the gap between social science research and on-the-ground citizen engagement, particularly in Baltic and Central-Eastern European contexts. They bring civil society credibility and network access that university or research institute partners typically lack.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects began in 2021, so there is no meaningful multi-year trajectory to trace — Green Liberty entered H2020 research as a fully formed participant rather than evolving across funding periods. Within their project portfolio, however, there is a subtle thematic shift: early-phase keywords center on diagnosing problems (structural barriers, rebound effects, economic impacts, household footprints), while later-phase keywords move toward solutions and action (sufficiency strategies, upscaling initiatives, policy recommendations, systemic approaches). This suggests their contribution within projects moves from evidence-gathering toward dissemination, recommendations, and scaling — consistent with an NGO's typical role in a research consortium.

Green Liberty is positioning itself at the intersection of social science research and civil society action — likely to seek future roles in projects dealing with just transition, behavioral sufficiency policy, or participatory climate governance.

How they like to work

Green Liberty participates exclusively as a consortium partner and has never taken a coordinator role, which is typical for NGOs with limited administrative capacity for project management. With 17 unique partners across 9 countries in just 2 projects, they operate in large, diverse European consortia rather than tight bilateral collaborations. This suggests they are brought in specifically for their civil society network and citizen engagement capabilities — a specialist contributor role rather than a scientific lead.

Green Liberty has collaborated with 17 distinct partners across 9 countries despite only 2 projects, indicating integration into broad pan-European consortia. Their network likely spans Northern and Western European research institutions given the climate and lifestyle focus of their projects.

What sets them apart

Green Liberty offers something most research partners in climate consortia cannot: direct access to Baltic civil society networks and the credibility of an established environmental NGO in a region where citizen engagement in sustainability research is underdeveloped. As one of Latvia's most prominent green NGOs, they provide authentic community reach rather than simulated participation. For projects needing to demonstrate real citizen uptake in Eastern EU member states, they fill a gap that no university or research institute can replicate.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EU 1.5 Lifestyles
  The largest of their two projects (EUR 407,875) and the more ambitious in scope — developing policies and tools to mainstream 1.5°C-compatible lifestyles across Europe, with citizen labs as the central methodology.
• FULFILL
  Focuses specifically on sufficiency — voluntary reduction of consumption — as a decarbonisation pathway, a politically sensitive and underresearched topic that distinguishes this project from mainstream efficiency-focused climate research.