Climate Neutral Germany: Technologies and Instruments for the Energy Transition

Climate Neutral Germany: Technologies and Instruments for the Energy Transition

Kopernikus Symposium 2021

Event: Digital Event
Date: 9 - 10 June 2021
Location: online
Speaker: Matthias Duwe

What innovations are needed to develop a climate-neutral energy system of the future? How can the national and European climate targets be achieved in 2030? What can Germany do to advance the European Green Deal together with the other member states? These and other questions will be the focus of the virtual Copernicus Symposium on 9 and 10 June 2021.

ENSURE, P2X, SynErgie and Ariadne, as Copernicus projects of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), are among the largest German research initiatives around the energy transition. Together with representatives from politics, business and society, they will discuss the results of practical and theoretical research for a climate-neutral Federal Republic in 2050.

Speakers at the virtual event include State Secretary Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Lukas from the BMBF, Head of Department Thorsten Herdan from the BMWi, Chief Executive Kerstin Andreae from the BDEW, Deputy Chief Executive Holger Lösch from the BDI, Ecologic Institute's Head Climate Matthias Duwe, and Ottmar Edenhofer from the PIK & MCC and spokesperson for the Ariadne project.

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Event:Conference

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Event:Digital Event

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A closer look at drivers, models and assumptions

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online

Publication:Article

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Publication:Report

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Ariadne Report

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Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Organizer: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany
Partner: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Speaker: Matthias Duwe
Date: 9 - 10 June 2021
Location: online
Language: German
Project: Evidence-based Assessment for the Design of the German Energy Transition (Ariadne)
Project ID: 30003
Keywords: Climate

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PublicationPolicy BriefWegmarken für das EU-Klimaziel 2030

Cover picture of the study with EU flags and office building in the background

The EU Commission agreed on a more ambitious greenhouse gas target of at least 55% reduction by 2030. This policy brief presents the different options for how to get there and how to make the EU fit for 55%. It was published as part of the Ariadne project. The... Read more

Knodt, M., Pahle, M., aus dem Moore, N., Edenhofer, O., Fahl, U., Görlach, B., Kosch, M., Pause, F., Perino, G., Schlacke, S. (2020): Wegmarken für das EU-Klimaziel 2030, (Ariadne Kurzdossier), Potsdam: Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenfoschung (PIK).

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