BC3 Seminars: Diverging coal phase-out strategies and their implications for EU Climate & Energy policies

BC3 Seminars
“Diverging coal phase-out strategies and their implications for EU Climate & Energy policies“

Hanna Brauers,

Master students at Technische Universität Berlin and Research assistant at German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract

Hanna will present the current state of her master thesis about the coal phase-out (or expansion) strategies of three representative EU states, namely the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland. To maintain the chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and to fulfil the EU’s greenhouse gas reduction commitments, all countries will have to phase-out electricity generation from coal as soon as possible. Nevertheless, coal strategies diverge from phase-out to expansion, creating another divide between Eastern and Western European countries. The aim of the thesis is to analyse reasons for the disparate developments and to derive policy recommendations on how an EU-wide coal phase-out can be furthered.

Lecturer

Biodata: Hanna Brauers
Hanna Brauers did a three month stay at BC3 to develop her master thesis. She studies industrial engineering with a major in energy and  resource management at TU Berlin. Since 2014 she also works for the German Institute for Economic Research as a student research assistant, focusing mainly on natural gas and climate negotiations.