Energy transition 2030: Europe’s path to carbon neutrality
TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Abstract
With its upcoming presidency of the EU Council, Germany has the opportunity to set European climate policy on a new path. The complete transformation of our energy systems with the aim of greenhouse gas neutrality by the middle of the century is an important and appropriate project involving our entire society. While it is easy to state the target, it is difficult to set out the best way of achieving it. Science has the task of using analysis and advice to contribute to this project in a way that widely considers the latest knowledge possessed by all relevant scientific disciplines. With this in mind, the present ad hoc statement by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, and the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities aims to provide the German government, in light of its upcoming presidency of the EU Council, with a compact series of recommendations for giving the desired European energy transition the momentum it requires, not least amidst the challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
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Alfred Wegener Institut-Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
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Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research
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Competence Center Energietechnologien und Energiesysteme, Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung
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innogy SE
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung e.V. (PIK)
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Humboldt-UniversitÄt zu Berlin
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Max Planck Society · Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
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Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society
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Technische Universität Darmstadt
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Institut für Elektrische Energiesysteme, Technische Universität Darmstadt
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German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina
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Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
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Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme
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acatech - DEUTSCHE AKADEMIE DER TECHNIKWISSENSCHAFTEN
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Lehrstuhl für Mikroökonomik, insb. Energie- und Ressourcenökonomik, #N#Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der #N#Wissenschaften
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Halle Institute for Economic Research · Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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ifo Zentrum für Energie, Klima und Ressourcen, ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Max Planck Society · Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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Department Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Society
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Institut für Stromrichtertechnik und Elektrische Antriebe, RWTH, Aachen
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Institut für Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion · Max Planck Society
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Max Planck Society
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RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
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RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Max Planck Society · Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
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Research Department Schüth, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society
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Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Informationsrecht, Umweltrecht, Verwaltungswissenschaft, Forschungsstelle Umweltrecht, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main