Accelerating the Transition to Renewables in the Context of Multiple Crises

Panel discussion organized by the research focus Environment, climate, energy of the Centre Marc Bloch in cooperation and with the support of the Embassy of France in Berlin and of the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg The symposium is dealing with climate and energy policies in metropolitan areas (Berlin/Brandenburg, Paris/Île-de-France, Kyiv/Kyiv Oblast) in the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Actors and researchers from Kyiv/Kyiv Oblast, Paris/Île-de-France and Berlin/Brandenburg will address the question on how to advance the energy transition/revolution to renewables in light of the current crises. How can we – in the given metropolitan context – accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels and the turn to renewables? How can participation be strengthened and citizens be motivated to engage in the transition? Which changes in regulatory frameworks, decision processes and ownership structures are needed? How can the above-mentioned metropolitan areas learn from and support each other on these questions? The focal point of the roundtable will be options of action of local and regional actors in the metropolitan areas. Participants Julia Epp, Potsdam Institute for Climate Research Impact (PIK)/ BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany), Berlin Christian von Hirschhausen, Technical University, Berlin Kostiantyn Krynytskyi, Ecoaction, Kyiv Gilles Lepesant, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (Géographie-Cités, Paris), Chercheur associé au CMB Alain Nadaï, Centre International de Recherche sur l´Environnement et le Développement (CIRED), Paris Philip Schulz, CNRS, Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France (IPVF) Moderation : Birgit Müller, Laboratoire de l‘anthropologie politique, EHESS (Paris), CNRS and CMB Venue: This hybrid event takes place in the Germaine-Tillion room of the Centre Marc Bloch Berlin and online Registration (on site and online): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accelerating-the-transition-to-renewables-in-the-context-of-multiple-crises-tickets-493676528787