Establishing an expert advisory commission to assist the G20's energy transformation processes

• Published in: Economics. The open-access, open-assessment e-journal Vol. 12; no. 2018-12; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Löschel, Andreas, Großkurth, Philipp, Colombier, Michel, Criqui, Patrick, Xiangwan, Du, Frei, Christoph, Gethmann, Carl Friedrich, Gummer, John, Lecocq, Franck, Parikh, Jyoti K, Sauer, Dirk Uwe, Schlögl, Robert, Schmidt, Christoph M, Staiß, Frithjof, Stephanos, Cyril, Tanaka, Kanako, Zhiyu, Tian, Umbach, Eberhard, Wenham, Matt, Yamada, Koichi, Cong, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kiel Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) 01.12.2018; Sciendo; Walter de Gruyter GmbH; De Gruyter
• Subjects: Alternative energy; Climate change; Decision makers; Economic development; Energy industry; Energy prices; energy transformation; G20; impact evaluation; Monitoring; Paris Agreement; Q01; Q48; Q58; Sustainable development; Technological change; Transformation; Websites; Beijing China; China
• ISSN: 1864-6042; 1864-6042
• DOI: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-12

The ongoing transformation of the world's energy systems requires an international monitoring to evaluate the transformation processes and to identify transferable leading practice policies. For this purpose, an independent scientific expert commission should be established for the G20. By actively involving political decision-makers in the discussion of the final results a broad basis of support can be ensured. The Climate and Energy Action Plan for Growth agreed at the G20 Summit in Hamburg recognizes explicitly the main proposals of this paper. The paper provides a broader discussion how to assist the G20's energy transformation processes and describes steps towards implementation.