61.4% of the Andalusian population believes that the ecological transition can create new jobs in their surroundings, the highest percentage among Spanish autonomous communities, according to the V Report of the Just Transition Observatory, promoted by the Moeve Foundation and Red2Red and presented at the Chamber of Commerce of Seville.
The data places Andalusia 5.3 percentage points above the Spanish average, set at 56.1%, and maintains the evolution recorded during the last editions of the study. In 2024, the percentage of Andalusians who associated the ecological transition with job creation was at 41%.
Anabel Suso, from Innovation and Strategies of Red2Red, explained during the presentation that in Andalusia there is a somewhat more favorable perception of the process than in the rest of the country, although both positions are getting closer. Among the issues collected by the study, she specifically pointed out the evolution of labor expectations, which have grown over the last two years to exceed 61%.
The report also analyzes the level of citizen knowledge about the ecological transition. 46.1% of the Andalusian population claims to know this concept, a figure that remains at similar levels to those recorded in 2025 and exceeds the percentages obtained during the first editions of the Observatory.
Regarding climate change, 77.5% of the respondents in Andalusia firmly believe it is happening. The study points out, however, that the priority given to this issue coexists in the short term with other social concerns, including access to housing and the rising cost of living.
Another data collected in this fifth edition refers to citizen participation. 95% of the Andalusian population demands to intervene in decisions related to the ecological transition, either through consultative mechanisms or by sharing decision-making with the competent administrations.
In contrast to this option, the report confirms the rejection of a model in which citizens are limited to receiving information from experts and institutions.
Teresa Mañueco, director of the Moeve Foundation, referred during her speech to this result and pointed out that 95% of the Andalusian population wants to be part of the process, to be consulted, and to be heard in decisions related to the ecological transition.
The acceptance of different energy technologies constitutes another of the issues analyzed. Green hydrogen receives support from 70.6% of the Andalusian population and appears in the study as the emerging technology with the highest level of citizen acceptance.
Suso pointed out that support for renewable energies remains, and in the case of green hydrogen, there has been growth over the past two years. She explained that nearly 70% of the Andalusian population currently expresses support for this technology.
The Moeve Foundation uses the Just Transition Observatory as a tool to understand social perception about this process. Paula Ruiz, head of Ecological Transition Projects at the foundation, explained that one of the project goals is to make information available to various agents related to the ecological transition and to create meeting spaces to analyze how Andalusian society perceives these changes in their daily lives.
The presentation of the results in Seville included a round table featuring Esperanza Fitz Luna, president of AMESEMAP; Gabriela Reyes, from the Energy Technologies and Decarbonization Division of INERCO; and Blanca Miedes, associate professor of Applied Economics and member of COIDESO.
The meeting was moderated by Paula Ruiz and addressed economic, social, and training issues related to the ecological transition in Andalusia. During the debate, barriers affecting people and small and medium enterprises, training linked to new technologies, business competitiveness, and mechanisms for citizen participation were discussed.
The V Report also incorporates changes in its methodology and a new section dedicated to understanding citizens' perception of vulnerability to the effects of climate change and their capacity for adaptation.
To prepare the study, 3,284 telephone and online surveys were conducted across Spain between January and February 2026. The specific sample corresponding to Andalusia consisted of 575 representative surveys of the population of the community.
The Just Transition Observatory reaches five years of monitoring citizen perception with this edition. The series allows comparing the evolution of indicators related to employment, knowledge of the ecological transition, climate change, acceptance of energy technologies, and population participation in decisions associated with the process.
