The future is renewable

Climate protection and future energy supply is a global challenge in which politics have to take key actions. In theory, the optimal solution and policy measure is the emissions trading system – however, it does not seem as easy to implement as we would hope. 

Wherever I can, I support sustainable solutions for better future for our climate. There are plenty of existing good ideas: far-reaching measures like climate product labeling (“carbon footprint”), instruments like loans at reduced interest rates for insulated buildings and financial support for energy reduction. Or decisive measures such as the establishment of the German Federal Environment Ministry. 

 

New energies – for Germany and the world 

As an intermediary between science and politics, I am an active member of many national and international scientific advisory boards and commissions. I act as consultant and reviewer in the elaboration of practical measures for climate protection and a sustainable energy supply. 

The German Minister for Economics has appointed me in 2008 to his competence team for energy change. In addition to this, I advise many ministers and ministries at federal and state level. I am member of the scientific commission in Lower Saxony, of the sustainability advisory group in Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg. 

On an international level, the President of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso has appointed me, alongside other high level scientists, as a member of the High Level Group on Energy to develop strategies for a unified energy and climate policy. I am member of the scientific advisory board of IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), the Austrian Institute for economic research (WIFO) and the energy institute at the University of Linz. In addition to this, I am external expert of the World Bank, the United Nations and an advisor of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), which has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

EU Kommission
Wissenschaftliche Kommission Niedersachsen
Nachhaltigkeitsbeirat Baden Württemberg
Nachhaltigkeitsbeirat Brandenburg
DIW Berlin