Model-based net-zero scenarios, including those of the IPCC, aren’t worth the paper they are written on, say leading economists
What roles for markets and for the state when climate risk is existential?
15 October 2019
“We would never board a plane if we only arrive in half the cases, but this is the method in international climate policymaking”
Introduction: The energy transformation in Germany, widely known as the Energiewende, is the country’s planned transition to a low-carbon, nuclear-free economy. It is a national government strategy and implementation process, and an associated magazine Energiewende Magazin. The following interview for Energiewende is online. Below is a translation. The interview will appear in the next issue of Energiewende Magazin. The content relates to the Breakthrough What Lies Beneath report and the recent three-degree security, risk and climate scenario papers. They will be the cover story. It is a sign of a changing perceptions that a primary communication tool of the German government’s climate/energy transition strategy is featuring a strong critique of UN climate policy-making processes, existential risk and IPCC reticence.
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