Headline: Events in 2018

A transformative sovereign wealth fund can contribute to the development and dissemination of a sustainable economy. This workshop focuses on questions such as: Does a transformative sovereign wealth fund have the potential to foster additional investments? How can a transformative sovereign wealth fund pick the most promising companies for transformation? How can it be governed democratically, efficiently and at low cost?

Deutschland hat sich mit dem „Integrierten Energie- und Klimaprogramm“ verpflichtet, den Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen bis 2050 um 80 bis 95 Prozent zu senken. Neben der Reduktion von Emissionen durch mehr Effizienz und den schrittweisen Umstieg auf klimaschonende Rohstoffe und Energieträger ist die Nutzung von Kohlendioxid eine wichtige Option. Um die Chancen von CCU geht es in diesem Workshop.

At the invitation of the Science Platform Sustainability 2030 and the German Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany), representatives from ten scientific advisory boards to the federal government and ten federal ministries with diverse areas of focus convened on Wednesday, 23 May, to discuss obstacles to political action and linkages to the German Sustainable Development Strategy.

Die bilateralen Energiepartnerschaften sind ein wichtiger Baustein in Deutschlands internationaler Energiewendepolitik. Das IASS möchte die Forschung zu den Energiepartnerschaften vorantreiben, indem es eine vergleichende Studie zu den Partnerschaften mit Brasilien, China, Indien, Marokko, Mexiko, Nigeria, Russland, Südafrika, Tunesien und der Türkei erstellt.

To ensure that global warming stays within the agreed two-degree limit, the Paris Climate Agreement stipulates that the world must achieve carbon neutrality in the second half of this century. The transition from coal-based power generation to greater reliance on renewable energies would make a considerable contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Latin America is an important continent for global climate protection and the global energy transition. The region doesn't just fulfil a global climate protection function with its vast forest areas, in particular the Amazon basin. It is also exposed to the drastic effects of climate change in the form of droughts, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels.

Das Jahrestreffen der Zeitschrift GAIA steht unter dem Tagungsthema „Transdisziplinäre Forschung und Lehre“ und findet am Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) in Potsdam statt.

IASS-GIZ Expert Round Table with insights from the China Renewable Energy Outlook and the international COBENEFITS project: in the context of the 2018 Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, this round table brings together experts from research, ministries and the science-policy interface to mobilise the social and economic opportunities of renewable energy by opening and elaborating the toolbox of co-benefit assessments and improving their policy relevance.