The links between the political agendas of climate change, the energy transition, and energy poverty are multiple, complex, and overlapping. In line with European Union policy demands, Member States are implementing the various policies necessary to address these agendas, with an emergent focus on their synergistic potential. Successful implementation requires cooperation between multiple actors, yet little research exists on how diverse actors view the agendas. This limits the ability to account for diverse perspectives in carbon neutrality policy and related insights on trade-offs and competition points between the climate change, energy transition, and energy poverty agendas. We analyse perspectives on agenda interactions based on 39 expert interviews on Portuguese carbon neutrality agendas. Our case study results suggest strong agreement regarding theoretical linkages of the agendas but mixed views on whether this transpires in practice. These perceived inconsistencies reveal several unresolved competing agendas in Portuguese carbon neutrality policies. We also reveal important influences on citizen agency in the decarbonisation agendas. We argue these insights are valuable for current policy approaches, which promote decarbonisation policies that incorporate energy poverty and rely strongly on citizen participation.

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对葡萄牙碳中和政策中相互竞争的议程的看法：对弱势群体的不利影响

气候变化、能源转型和能源贫困等政治议程之间的联系是多重、复杂和重叠的。根据欧盟的政策要求，成员国正在实施解决这些议程所需的各种政策，并紧急关注其协同潜力。成功的实施需要多个参与者之间的合作，但关于不同参与者如何看待议程的研究却很少。这限制了解释碳中和政策的不同观点以及对气候变化、能源转型和能源贫困议程之间的权衡和竞争点的相关见解的能力。我们根据 39 位关于葡萄牙碳中和议程的专家访谈分析了议程互动的观点。我们的案例研究结果表明，人们对议程的理论联系达成了强烈共识，但对于这是否在实践中发生存在不同看法。这些明显的不一致揭示了葡萄牙碳中和政策中几个尚未解决的相互竞争的议程。我们还揭示了脱碳议程对公民机构的重要影响。我们认为这些见解对于当前的政策方法很有价值，这些政策方法促进了纳入能源贫困并强烈依赖公民参与的脱碳政策。