Decarbonizing Power – the Politics and Economics of Phasing out Fossil Fuels

"Media.Freedom.Values" is this year's title of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, 13 - 15 June in Bonn. The international congress addresses the role of media in politics and civil society. Focusing on a variety of hot topical issues, the conference draws over 2000 experts in the fields of journalism, digital media, politics, culture, business, development, academia and civil society from all over the world.

The session "Decarbonizing power – the politics and economics of phasing out fossil fuels" is hosted by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, German Development Institute and Wuppertal Institute. The issue of radical decarbonization politics opens up several questions: Is the fossil fuel phase out an opportunity for or a threat to the economy? What are the first-mover advantages of deep decarbonization and how can countries reap them? Do we need to compensate fossil fuel industries to overcome political resistance? And how can poor countries avoid carbon lock-in? Professor Manfred Fischedick, vice-president of the Wuppertal Institute, will be one of the speakers.