Science Platform for Climate Protection WorkshopWhy participation and involvement are becoming indispensable for the energy transition under increasing pressure to act

24 August 2022, by CSS

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The Science Platform for Climate Protection (Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz) hosts an Workshop on "Why participation and involvement are becoming indispensable for the energy transition under increasing pressure to act" on 16th September 2022.

Ambitious climate protection targets and a reassessment of geopolitical dependencies on fossil fuels are currently leading to increased pressure to accelerate the expansion of infrastructure for renewable energies. This is currently pushing the relevance of participation and involvement into the background, even though they enable the implementation of far-reaching climate protection measures in the first place. The workshop will therefore address the possibilities of participation at the municipal level as a means of building acceptance and active ownership.

The aim of the event is

• to present the empirical evidence on the effects and prerequisites of successful participation,
• to facilitate an exchange of experiences on how to deal with the increasing pressure to act in the municipalities, and
• to identify the needs and wishes of the municipalities.

The results of the half-day exchange will be bundled in an input paper that will be forwarded to the responsible ministries as a requirements analysis.

Find out more here on the website of WPKS.