Strategy For A Climate Safe 2050

German actor Daniel Brühl helps WWF tackle climate change.

WWF Germany, with the help of Prognos, Öko-Institut and Dr. Zlesing, has released Blueprint Germany: A Strategy For A Climate Safe 2050 – a report that shows that the transformation from a high-carbon to a low-carbon economy is possible and affordable. By committing to this transformation path, the report states, “Germany could become a model for other countries.”

Like Living Climate Change, WWF Germany wants to trigger a discussion about the future. The study provides as many answers as questions. Main assumptions in the report, all of which are supported with suggestions on “how we can make it happen”:

1. A low carbon society is achievable!
2. A 95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Germany by the year 2050 is possible.
3. Renewable energy has a key role to play.
4. Low carbon products will bring about a new industrial revolution.
5. Electric appliances go low on power.
6. Buildings become more energy-saving.
7. Farmers work hard for the table and the climate.
8. Transport electrifies.

Key questions they leave us with: How must a highly industrialized and technology-based society be designed in order to reach the goal (of reducing greenhouse gases by around 95%)? Which political safeguards and technical preconditions are needed for this transformation if stability and prosperity are also to be warranted? How can we live well in 2050 without dangerously changing our climate?

The full length report is available hier. (Denken Sie, bevor Sie drucken.)