- According to the 5th Report from the Just Transition Observatory, a project led by fundación Moeve and Red2Red, Andalusia is the autonomous community with the highest expectations for job creation associated with the green transition
- The study reveals that support for green hydrogen has reached 70.6%, establishing it as the emerging technology with the highest level of public acceptance
- 95% of Andalusian citizens want to actively participate in decisions related to the ecological transition, in a context where the main challenge of the process is territorial and distributional
- Check the full report here: 2026 Report Social perception of the ecological transition in Spain - Just Transition Observatory
The Just Transition Observatory (OTJ) presented its fifth report on public perception of the ecological transition in Andalusia on Wednesday at the Seville Chamber of Commerce. Supported by fundación Moeve and Red2Red, the OTJ seeks to generate knowledge and promote constructive dialogue among all stakeholders to advance a just ecological transition in Spain and Andalusia.
The 2026 study reveals that 61.4% of the Andalusian population believes that the ecological transition can create new jobs in their local area. This figure represents a steady increase over the last two editions (up from 41% in 2024) and positions Andalusia as the region with the highest expectations for job creation in Spain, 5.3 percentage points above the national average (56.1%).
At the same time, public awareness of the ecological transition process remains at levels similar to those recorded in 2025. Nearly half of the Andalusian population—46.1%—says they are familiar with the concept of ecological transition, a percentage higher than that observed in the Observatory’s first editions and reflecting the gradual incorporation of the ecological transition into public debate. Likewise, 77.5% of respondents firmly believe that climate change is occurring. Although there remains a very broad consensus on this issue, the priority given to combating it is currently overshadowed by other social concerns such as housing and the rising cost of living.
In this context, the call for participatory governance is virtually unanimous: 95% of the Andalusian population wants to participate in decisions regarding the ecological transition, whether in an advisory capacity or by sharing decision-making with the relevant authorities. Conversely, they reject a model in which citizens are limited to receiving information from experts and institutions.
