On the 13th October, the Ecologic Institute organizes a final CECILIA2050 workshop to discuss the results of the multiannual research project. Experts from the Ecologic Institute will first talk about the potentials of the current EU policy mix with regard to climate change mitigation and then present the major challenges for the EU’s climate policy, with a long-term perspective to 2050. In the second part of the workshop, climate policy experts from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Öko‐Institut will present their views on the EU’s current climate policy mix and discuss options for its further development. The workshop will take place at Ecologic Institute and starts with a small reception at 13:00. More information about the workshop can be found in the program (in German) below. Read more

On the 9th July 2015, members of the CECILIA2050 consortium will present some of the final results and insights gained from the multi-annual research project at the UN climate change conference "Our Common Future Under Climate Change" in Paris. During the session, a number of key aspects for a successful European climate policy will be addressed. This includes the question of how the EU's energy infrastructure should look like in 2050, how a shift towards a low-carbon economy can be financed, and how this development could be affected by uncertain external factors. Furthermore, the members of the CECILIA2050 consortium will discuss the role of the EU's governance system for the future of the EU's climate policy mix. Read more

On 9 June 2015, members of the CECILIA2050 project consortium hosted a side event at the UNFCCC June Climate Change Conference (SB42) in Bonn, Germany. The event highlighted results and lessons learned from the three year research project as well as key insights from the project's final stage of work, which serves as a synthesis and summary of options for EU climate policy in the short and long term, i.e., before and after 2030 respectively. During the session, a particular focus was placed on challenges to the decarbonisation of Europe's economy such as electricity market reform, electrification of mobility and infrastrucuture choices in the face of policy uncertainty. The session also underlined the role of a carbon price, describing three possible scenarios for the development or absence of carbon pricing as a part of the EU's climate policy toolbox. The presenation further argued that the optimal time frame for a strong price signal may be diminishing rapidly or have already passed. Read more

On 12 November 2014 members of the CECILIA2050 research project and experts of the European Environment Agency (EEA) will meet in Copenhagen at the EEA to discuss the road ahead for the European Union’s (EU) climate policy. During the meeting, the CECILIA2050 project members will present some of the main insights from the research that has been conducted so far and discuss these in comparison to the insights of the EEA’s efforts on ex-post policy assessment. Furthermore, the meeting will offer the opportunity to discuss relevant questions for a future EU climate policy, including what choices need to be made to decarbonise Europe and how the EU can put climate policy on the road to decarbonisation. Read more