European Union Climate and Energy Policy – Tradeoffs and Synergies

European Union Climate and Energy Policy – Tradeoffs and Synergies

Event
Date
Location
Bonn, Germany
Speaker
Max Grünig
Boris Schinke (Germanwatch)

As a part of the UN climate change negotiations in Bonn, Ecologic Institute organized an official side event covering European Union climate and energy policy. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convenes at least twice each year, with the midpoint meeting taking place in the former German capital. The event offered an opportunity to discuss tradeoffs and synergies in current EU policy, in light of recent research and political debates.

The side event brought together findings from two different Ecologic Institute research projects, Transition towards Low-Carbon Energy Security and Combining Policy Instruments to Achieve Europe's 2050 Climate Targets.

Dr. Camilla Bausch moderated the session and presented alongside Max Grünig. Boris Schinke, Policy Officer of Climate and Security at Germanwatch, also joined the discussion with perspectives on the social dimensions of large-scale renewable energy projects.

The event was open to all delegates of the UN climate conference.

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Organizer
Speaker
Max Grünig
Boris Schinke (Germanwatch)
Team
Max Grünig
Benjamin Görlach
Adam Pearson
Date
Location
Bonn, Germany
Language
English
Participants
50
Project
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Keywords
energy security, low-carbon strategy, energy transition, societal process, geopolitical, climate, energy, economic instruments, emissions trading, ETS, EU research
Europe
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