The first Trialog of the project New Urban Agenda Berlin, which we promoted together with the Technical University Berlin, dealt with the question how a new traffic system in Berlin should look like. Participants of science, politics and administration, the private sector and civil society organizations have talked about
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Electricity produced by renewables is supposed to become the most important source of energy in the future. But the German market design needs to be adapted to further integrate renewables into the energy system and to reach the climate targets of 2030. In the Trialog “Electricity market 2.0.
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Today, liberal democracies offer their citizens a level of prosperity unequalled by any other political system. Nevertheless, the way it works on a day-to-day basis is viewed with increasing scepticism. People’s lifeworlds are changing as a consequence of globalization and digitalization. The global Financial Crisis, the Panama Papers
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The energy system is becoming increasingly interconnected and digital. In addition to opportunities, this also entails risks. How can critical energy infrastructures be redesigned to create a secure and smart energy system? At the seventh Energy Trialog, experts of the academy project “Energy Systems of the Future” discussed
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On our Trialog last Friday we discussed controversially on the topic “Correctly assess and use bioenergy potentials, reduce side effects. How to design a long-term bioenergy strategy? “. You can find the press release here (in German only).
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How to design participation in housing construction so that it contributes to constructive and fair processes? The final report summarizes the results from all four Trialogs of the series “participation in housing construction”. The report is available for download. Guidelines for participation of the municipal housing companies were formulated on
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On November 28, 2017 the European Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee (ITRE) voted for the modification of two directives, which both affect the EU’s energy policy target corridor for 2030: Regarding efficiency they agreed on a 40% efficiency goal until 2030 (compared to 1990) and binding national targets.
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