Transitioning to Net Zero' Success Stories

Project
Duration: Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

The EU has specified climate neutrality as a legally binding 2050 target. This transformation requires bold policy tools that can deliver concrete results – sector-by-sector. To inspire policymakers across the EU to get active, Agora Energiewende is compiling best practice examples of policies that are successful in initiating progress towards climate neutrality. Short fiches deliver key messages about the lessons learnt and attractive videos make the content accessible for a wide audience.

Ecologic Institute contributes to this project by researching and drafting fiches for ten best practice cases. Moreover, the team is supporting Agora Energiewende in selecting suitable cases. Ecologic Institute draws on its in-house expertise in a wide range of sectors.

The success stories are presented on the Agora Energiewende website.

Funding: Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP), International

Agora Energiewende, Germany
Partner: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Katharina Umpfenbach

Deyana Kocher

Isabel Haase

Ricarda Faber
Duration: Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
Project ID: 50077
Keywords: Cities

Climate

Energy

climate neutrality, renewable energies, best practices, building refurbishment

Further Links

PublicationReportMeasuring Progress towards Climate Neutrality

1st page of the summary report "Measuring progress towards climate neutrality" with logos, text and infographic

Achieving climate neutrality requires structural changes to our economic system, with solutions that work across sectors. Correspondingly, measuring progress and designing policy towards the EU's net zero ambition requires a framework that captures the complexity of the... Read more

Duwe, Matthias; Eike Karola Velten, Isabel Haase, Nicolas Berghmans, Nick Evans and Deyana Spasova (2021): Measuring progress towards climate neutrality. Ecologic Institute, Berlin / IDDRI, Paris

ProjectEU Regions in the Transformation Towards a Climate-neutral Future

Regional governments are key players in driving the transformation towards climate neutrality, as they are the ones who enable and implement solutions on the ground. For the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development, Ecologic Institute together with... Read more

EU Regions in the Transformation Towards a Climate-neutral Future

Duration: Nov 2021 - Mar 2022
Funding: European Parliament (EP), International

ProjectBuildings in Recovery Plans

Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash

Modernizing the EU's building stock is essential to meet the twin goals of the reduction of GHG emissions and green recovery. This short project therefore focuses on the two goals and argues for spending a specific share of the national Recovery and Resilience Facility ... Read more

Buildings in Recovery Plans

Duration: Sep - Oct 2020
Funding: European Climate Foundation (ECF), International

PublicationReportWhy the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility Must Prioritise Investments in Building Renovation

Ecologic Institute

Modernising the EU's building stock is essential to meet the twin goals of climate action and green recovery. The building sector is responsible for 27 % of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and for 36 % of energy-related GHG emissions when considering direct and... Read more

Velten, Eike Karola and Ricarda Faber 2020: Why the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility must prioritise investments in building renovation. A short think piece. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.