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Successful sufficiency workshop during the first conference of the “Forschungsnetzwerke Energie” in Berlin
At the first conference of the "Forschungsnetzwerke Energie", members of all nine networks as well as experts from the fields of "Energy Transition and Society" and "Resource Efficiency" exchanged views for the first time from 13 to 14 June in Berlin. In the process...
CLEVER scenario launch event, Brussels 5.06.23
On 5 June 2023 from 3 pm, Dr Benjamin Best, Senior Researcher in the Research Department Structural Change and Innovations at the Wuppertal Institute, will present the main results of the CLEVER scenario together with five other experts. Under the name CLEVER,...
Why energy demand reductions are also needed in the medium and long run
Carina Zell-Ziegler and Benjamin Best published an article on energy sufficiency in the current issue of “Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte”. The authors show the role of demand reduction for climate targets and why energy sufficiency is an indispensable part of...
Review on sufficiency and transformation
The scientific evidence is increasing that sufficiency is inevitable for achieving many sustainability goals. However, there exist many different understandings of sufficiency in the sufficiency discourse. Questions that are under debate are for example: What does...
Policy paper: Sufficiency as a guiding principle for energy security and climate protection
In the course of the current energy crisis caused by the Russian war in Ukraine and of the continuously intensifying climate crisis, a group of scientists and NGO staff coordinated by Corinna Fischer have published a policy paper on #energysufficiency. << go to...
#betd22 Side Event: Policy Database on Energy Sufficiency
Invitation | 01.04.2022, 11:30 bis 12:30 / Image by june66 from Pixabay Although sufficiency and its political implementation has recently gained increased consideration, it is still underrepresented in energy and climate scenarios. This webinar entails: a...
Nearly 300 Policy Ideas for Energy Sufficiency
Sufficiency is essential for ambitious climate and energy strategies. There are plenty of policy ideas for the political implementation of energy sufficiency, which are available in the Energy Sufficiency Policy Database. Nearly 300 policies are characterised with...
Webinar: Launch of the Policy Database for Energy Sufficiency
Invitiation: Presentation of the Energy Sufficiency Policy Database: 16/03/2022, 11:00-12:30 The Energy Sufficiency Policy Database is a policy toolbox for energy sufficiency. It covers the sectors buildings, transport, industry and agri-food. The database can be...