The topics of the professional exchange were international politics, such as the concept of a climate club of the major economies and emitters of greenhouse gases. European policy, in particular the second European emissions trading scheme, which has been discussed by the scientific community for some time and has now been proposed by the EU Commission; it includes the transport and building heat sectors. National policies were also discussed, not least the expansion of renewable energies for a comprehensive electrification of our economy.
Scientists at the Potsdam Institute make their expertise available to policy-makers and society in a number of ways, and they address all democratic parties. The next federal government will have to face the challenges of the climate crisis, regardless of how it is composed.
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