Headline: Events in 2018

CO2 utilisation technologies have shown the potential to reduce environmental impacts. However, benefits cannot be taken for granted, which is why it is acknowledged within the community that a comprehensive and standardised environmental and techno-economic assessment methodology is needed.

The term Anthropocene has raised awareness that humans are responsible for the planet as a whole. But will the emerging sense of responsibility grow quickly enough to induce a change in human behavior?

The European Commission’s package on Clean Energy for All Europeans puts consumers first, recognising that it’s important that they feel included in the energy transition and benefit from it in tangible ways. But what would a fair energy transition actually entail in the eyes of ordinary citizens?

Beyond climate protection, the energy transition can create jobs and a better, healthier life for billions of people worldwide.

“Alarmist science” is often criticised as (either) catastrophist or apocalyptic (or both). Such criticism has been raised with regard to alarmist scenarios of global warming as well as, more recently, in response to future scenarios of the Anthropocene that imagine civilizational collapse (of various proportions) or even a planet without human beings.

When teenagers are challenged to discuss the role that individuals and systems can play in creating a sustainable world, the result is often stimulating and unexpected discussions.

Engineers and regulators envision a future where gasoline and diesel engines are replaced by plug-in electric vehicles. But missing from much of the big-picture social engineering is a basic practical concern: Do ordinary consumers want to purchase and use plug-in electric vehicles?

Was wird aus Europa? Rücken die Staaten der Gemeinschaft wieder stärker zusammen oder läuft es eher auf eine reine Wirtschaftsunion hinaus? Und was bedeutet das für uns Europäer?