Sonja ThielgesResearch Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) · Industrial Decarbonization Strategies
Sonja Thielges
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Sonja Thielges leads the research group Industrial Decarbonization Strategies at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies. Her research interests include the politics, policies and governance of industrial decarbonization, the global energy transition, energy and climate foreign policy as well as U.S. energy and climate policy.
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At the end of 2022, the G7 countries launched a so-called climate club. The idea behind this initiative was that, on certain climate topics, a club of ambitious countries might make quicker progress than the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and help implement the Paris Agreement. However, one of the largest challenges...
In diesem Grundsatzpapier werden die zentralen Fragen und Herausforderungen diskutiert, die sich im Aufbau von Kooperationen zwischen der EU und potenziellen internationalen Partnern in der entstehenden Wasserstoffwirtschaft stellen. Auf dieser Basis werden Ansatzpunkte für politisches Handeln auf diesem Gebiet benannt. Insbesondere werden sechs po...
Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies aim to use carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), either captured from industrial point sources or from the atmosphere, instead of fossil carbon in the production of a variety of valuable goods. CCU has the potential to contribute to emission reductions and to lower raw material consumption as well to foster trans...
Germany and the United States are both important players in international energy and climate policy. They are major international donors in the energy sector, they participate in manifold bi- and multilateral cooperation formats in the realm of energy and climate policy and they have historically both been leaders in clean energy technology develop...
This report presents a framework for the systematic monitoring of the global hydrogen economy, suggesting data sources and indicators to systematically survey the most important trends and developments. Monitoring based on this framework could provide an important knowledge base for the continuous review of policy measures related to the German and...
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika erleben seit dem Amtsantritt Joe Bidens eine Kehrtwende in der Klimapolitik. Biden erklärte die Klimapolitik zum Fokus seiner Präsidentschaft. Mit exekutiven Verordnungen und einem Whole-of-government-Ansatz des „Klima-Mainstreamings" in allen politischen Aktivitäten setzt er neue Impulse für den Klimaschutz. Sei...
International climate policy is increasingly shaped by alternative forms of governance. Coalitions of national, subnational, and/or non-state actors have the potential to address the global challenge of climate change beyond the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. While initially such “clubs” spurred hope that th...
International climate policy is increasingly shaped by alternative forms of governance. Coalitions of national, subnational and/or non-state actors have the potential to address the global challenge of climate change beyond the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. While initially such ‘clubs’ spurred hope that the...
Seit mehr als einer Dekade profitieren die USA von der Förderung von Schiefergas und nichtkonventionellem Erdöl. Unter Donald Trump erleben die fossilen Energieträger auch politisch eine Renaissance, denn anders als sein Vorgänger Obama nimmt er Abstand von Regulierungen wie Emissionsstandards sowie dem Klimaschutzabkommen von Paris 2015. Im Rahmen...
Germany represents a new and unconventional actor in the field of energy foreign policy. Based on its reputation as an energy transition frontrunner, it is pursuing a soft power strategy aimed at promoting its Energiewende policy approach abroad. Germany’s bilateral energy partnerships, this paper argues, represent the government’s central policy i...
International cooperation in support of a global energy transition is on the rise, and official development assistance (ODA) in the energy sector is increasingly being directed to renewable energy sources. Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that investment towards achieving the SDG 7 on clean and affordable energy is insufficient. Moreover, in...
The article analyzes trends in climate protection and clean energy measures. It studies the role of the Trump Administration, of the U.S. states as well as of regional networks of state and non-state actors which are growing increasingly important for raising climate ambitions in the U.S. The article concludes that it is these types of efforts whic...
Dieses Papier stellt verschiedene Visionen der Energiewende dar, indem es zunächst die wichtigsten Einzelentscheidungen auf dem Weg zu den Energiewendezielen darstellt. Fokus ist also nicht die Dar-stellung konsistenter Visionen der Energiewende. Vielmehr entsteht als Beitrag zum Energiewende-Navigationssystem ENavi eine Landkarte, auf der die wich...
The chapter looks at the guiding visions for energy futures in China, Germany and the U.S. It discusses the role of the three differing guiding visions "low-carbon energy revolution","Energiewende" and "energy dominance" in the global sustainable energy transition.
International cooperation in support of a global energy transition is on the rise. Initiatives and fora for multilateral cooperation are complemented by growing bilateral engagement to foster international lesson-drawing and exchange. Official development assistance (ODA) in the energy sector is increasingly being directed to renewable energy sourc...
Das Diskussionspapier untersucht die bilateralen Energiepartnerschaften der Bundesregierung - eines der zentralen Elemente der deutschen internationalen Energiewendepolitik. Gestützt auf eine umfas-sende Datenanalyse liefert es eine Bestandsaufnahme der Ziele, Umsetzung und inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte der Partnerschaften. Zudem arbeitet es deren Roll...
The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States surprised the world and aroused great anxiety. His ‘America First’ rhetoric had already fuelled concerns that his presidency would be radical during the presidential election campaign in 2016. Above all, it seemed to cast doubt on the US’ claim to global leadership, which was r...
Der Umbau der deutschen Stromversorgung weg von Atom und Kohle hin zu Erneuerbaren und Energieeffizienz wird in weiten Teilen der Welt mit großem Interesse verfolgt. Die G20-Präsidentschaft 2017 bietet Berlin die Chance, unter den 20 bedeutsamsten Industrie- und Schwellenländern für eine globale Energiewende einzutreten. Eine Chance, die man nutzen...
This IASS study considers the potential of the G20 to shape a global transition to sustainable energy, urgently needed in order to achieve the UN's climate and sustainability goals. The G20, a group of major emerging and industrialised economies, is a high-level political forum that brings together a heterogeneous set of members. The Group carries...
In a push for climate protection in the US, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new CO2 emission limits for power plants. This is the next step in President Barack Obama’s agenda on tackling climate change and the measures taken by the US administration are highly pertinent in the run-up to a new UN climate agreement in 2...