Anchoring climate protection – setting new sails
Under the motto "Anchoring climate protection – setting new sails", the 5th Climate Protection Conference took place in Augsburg’s A³ economic area between 28 January and 11 February 2021. In target group-specific events, various climate protection-relevant topics were highlighted in a digital format.
bifa chaired the expert workshop on the „Further development of the triple-jump scenario". The triple jump scenario was developed in 2013, building on the regional climate protection concept. It forms the strategic basis for reducing CO2 emissions in the Augsburg region (55 % CO2 reduction by 2030 compared to 2009).
Panel of experts discusses planned climate protection targets
The aim of the workshop was to critically examine the targets set in the three-jump scenario and to review whether and to what extent the scenario can be further developed. A 15-member panel of experts was invited. It consisted of the climate protection managers and central climate protection actors from science and industry in the Augsburg region. The workshop was designed and moderated by two bifa moderators.
After a short impulse to introduce the basics of the triple-jump scenario, the experts worked in three parallel working groups on the topics of electricity, heat and traffic. The central questions of the discussion were: What (new) framework conditions and technical developments have occurred since the scenario was created in 2013? But also looking into the future: What technical and regulatory changes can be expected by 2030? What steps are possible under such conditions or necessary to achieve the climate protection goals?
Overall, the discussions provided important insights for further action. Although not always easy, the so-called „look into the crystal ball" was experienced as interesting and important: i.e. it was worthwhile to question apparent self-evident facts and to see which technological developments can be expected and what effects changing economic or regulatory framework conditions will have. This offered the potential to reconsider or reassess some points of view – even those of high-ranking expert committees. Basically, however, it was also stated that it was not due to the lack of suitable climate protection measures, but that a decisive question was how the existing measures could be implemented across the board.
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Dr. Michael Schneider
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