Transatlantic Climate Bridge

Canada, the United States, and Germany each have strong industrial sectors that need to be rapidly decarbonized to thrive in a net-zero future.     Creating demand for low-carbon construction materials such as steel and concrete will be a key piece of the puzzle. Government spending makes up a significant share of these markets and, when wielded strategically, can be an important driver of change.   In 2019, government procurement spending made up: 🇩🇪 17% of GDP in Germany, 🇨🇦 13% of GDP in Canada, 🇺🇸 11% of GDP in the United States.   Green public procurement can create demand for low-carbon products and encourage industries to invest in decarbonization. Germany, Canada, and the US, as well as their subnational jurisdictions, have started to realize the potential of green public procurement and are launching various ‘Buy Clean’ or GPP policies.   In our new paper, written with the Center for American Progress and adelphi as part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge, we compare the progress on green public procurement in these three countries.   While GPP policies are aimed at national spending, they often affect global markets in construction materials such as steel. Aligning Buy Clean policies can significantly increase the positive impact, creating even greater market certainty for industries looking to make high-cost moves to decarbonize. We therefore set out recommendations in the report on how to coordinate and harmonize Buy Clean efforts across the Atlantic. Thank you Michael Williams, Mary Hellmich and Oliver Sheldrick for the great collaboration! https://lnkd.in/emKrMmnV #climatepolicy #industrialpolicy #transatlantic #buyclean

🎙️ Die neueste Episode unseres Podcasts "America's Choice" ist jetzt überall verfügbar! 🌍🇺🇸 In dieser Folge geht es um die Umwelt- und Klimapolitik der USA. Welchen Einfluss hat die Debatte über Klimapolitik auf die innenpolitische Landschaft der USA und wie zeigt sich dies in den aktuellen politischen Diskussionen? Wie wirkt sich der entscheidende Beitrag des Inflation Reduction Act im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel auf die Debatte aus? Welche Ergebnisse wurden bei der COP28 erzielt und inwiefern beeinflussen sie die nationale Klimapolitik der USA? Wie haben sich die Spannungen zwischen den USA und China auf den globalen Fortschritt im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel ausgewirkt, und wie sind die Aussichten angesichts der aktuellen diplomatischen Lage? Julia Friedlander von der Atlantik-Brücke e.V.-Brücke und Stormy-Annika Mildner vom Aspen Institute Germany diskutieren mit Petra Dolata, Associate Professor of History an der University of Calgary, und Dennis Taenzler, Director und Head of Programme Climate Policy bei adelphi, genau diese Fragen. Hört jetzt rein: https://lnkd.in/eZW7Z7eX

🌎 Mitigating the impacts of the climate catastrophe to ensure a sustainable, reliable, and efficient power supply for the growing energy demands of EV, AI, and other future technology requires global solutions. 💡 For this reason, the German Consulate Boston was thrilled to host the workshop “Transatlantic Perspectives on the Global Energy Transition”, bringing together scholars from the TUM Center for Energy Markets and the MIT - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research for insightful exchanges on clean tech investment, energy poverty, and other key aspects of the global energy transition. 🤝 Under the leadership of Prof. Christopher Knittel of MIT and Prof. Sebastian Schwenen of TUM participants took part in-depth discussion on their respective research and its implications. ⚡️While in Massachusetts, the team from Munich also had the opportunity to visit the startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which is working towards commercial fusion energy and started construction of its SPARC tokamak fusion device earlier this year. 🇩🇪 This workshop was made possible through funding from the Transatlantic Climate Bridge, an initiative of the German government, which facilitates cooperation on climate and energy policy between Germany and the United States. Technical University of Munich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology #climatechange #energysector #energy #energymarkets #energytransition #environmentalsustainability #electricvehicles #ev #tech #innovation #ai #artificialintelligence

How will U.S. state-level climate action be impacted by the 2024 federal election? What are the opportunities to engage with states regardless of the outcomes to maintain climate ambitions? This report prepared on behalf of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge provides insights on the following topics to inform how international actors can support  the 2024 federal election cycle: An outlook on the possible outcomes of 2024 races for control of the White House and Congress and their impacts on U.S. climate ambition The impacts of these elections on state-level climate action 5 strategies for international actors advance climate action with with key states and economic sectors https://lnkd.in/gF2J937M adelphi Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft The Wilson Center E3G International Institute for Sustainable Development Polis180 e.V. - Grassroots-Thinktank für Außen- und Europapolitik SD Strategies Climate Nexus #climatediplomacy #climateaction #climateambition