“Climate targets alone will not achieve climate protection. We do not have a knowledge problem, but an implementation problem”. This is what Prof. Claudia Kemfert, environmental expert and energy economist, declared on 19th May. She is referring to the International Energy Agency’s call for an immediate end to the oil era and a fundamental change in global energy production to protect our climate. In other words, we would need a climate transformation.

Energy transition – How to accelerate climate transformation?

It is by no means a secret that the energy transition is one of the key responses to climate change. Fossil fuels continue to play a highly critical role in climate protection and climate change. As long societies rely on an extensive use of oil and coal, it is almost impossible to counteract the recent climate developments and achieve positive effects in climate protection. The largest share of greenhouse gas emissions is energy-related. In Germany, a total of 739 tonnes of CO2 are emitted per year . 85% of which is energy-related. Clearly, energy plays a central role in reducing emissions and implementing the climate transformation. For this, we need to switch off fossil energy sources and deploy renewable energy across the planet as soon as possible. Companies play a key […]