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German Energy Transition

A team of international energy experts write on energy transitions around the world, how they work, and what challenges lie ahead.

Germany hammers out its coal exit plan
22.Jan.2019 - 11:00
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s so-called coal commission, officially the Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment, ended last year in…
Lithium in Bolivia: beyond extractivism
22.Jan.2019 - 10:00
Although Bolivia has some of the largest lithium reserves in the world, the country so far has not focused on extraction. Now that lithium is in high…
Road Transport: the “problem child” of European decarbonization
21.Jan.2019 - 15:00
One-fifth of EU emissions are from road transportation, and they’re rising. The EU is trying to help matters by pushing electric vehicles and…
Germany’s politicos close eyes to Energiewende’s popularity
16.Jan.2019 - 14:00
Despite polls showing that Germans want more climate protection, Germany’s political parties, with one exception, shun the topic.…

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Just Governance

Nancy Alexander blogs about the performance of the Group of 20 (G20) and its relationship to other governance bodies.

Triple Crisis

Insights on current debates from an unprecedented network of economic analysts from the Global North and the Global South, from eleven countries.