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Clean Energy Ministerial – CEM –
The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a multilateral forum established at the initiative of the
USA. Ahead of the COP-15 climate conference in Copenhagen 2009, the “major economies” as
substantial emitters of greenhouse gases drew up ten technology action plans for a number
of low-carbon technologies. By indicating existing possibilities for technological cooperation,
these were to make a constructive contribution to the negotiations. In this context Germany
joined forces with Denmark and Spain to draw up the action plans for wind and solar energy.
The recommendations set out in the action plans are now being addressed in individual initiatives
for the various technologies. In this context the Federal Environment Ministry jointly
heads, together with Denmark and Spain, the multilateral working group on implementing
the action plans for solar and wind energy.
The range of implementation initiatives, which were officially presented at the first CEM conference
in Washington in 2010, includes not only renewable energy sources, but also efficiency,
electric mobility, CO 2 capture and storage (CCS) and smart grids.
Annual conferences at ministerial level will report progress on the initiatives. To this end the
second CEM conference took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in April 2011. The
third CEM is scheduled for spring 2012 in London.
For further information, see http://www.cleanenergyministerial.org/solarwind/.
IPCC – Renewables: It’s the global perspective that counts
In a special report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows how renewable
energy sources can contribute to future energy supplies and to mitigating climate
change. Designed as a comprehensive review of current knowledge, the “Special Report on
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation” (SRREN) was presented to the
public in Germany on 16 May 2011.
For the report, a team of authors analysed more than 160 scientific scenarios. Some of these
development paths led to a renewables contribution of nearly 80 percent by the middle of the
century. In more than half the scenarios, the renewables share in 2050 was less than 30 percent.
The executive summary for political decision makers, a short version of the roughly 1000-page
report, was published following approval by the IPCC Member States in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The
findings of the report will be incorporated in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, due to be published
in 2014.
More information can be found on the Federal Environment Ministry’s website at
http://www.bmu.de, in the section Climate · Energy / Climate / International Climate Policy.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
Renewable Energy Sources in Figures
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