Since 2016, the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council (GJETC) is continuously developing extensive joint recommendations for the implementation and further development of the energy transition – and is contributing to increased German-Japanese cooperation with numerous publications and outreach events as well as council meetings.
In order to continue to develop independent impulses for a long-term, sustainable overall energy supply strategy, the GJETC will continue its work in the 2024/25 annual programme with new study topics, public relations work and stakeholder dialogues. The relationship of trust created between the council members enables a dialogue-based and (self-)critical approach to controversial topics. In this phase, the GJETC is focussing on the topics of "carbon pricing" as well as "renewables and critical raw materials".
On the German side, the Wuppertal Institute is supporting the Council's work as scientific secretariat, while the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) is taking on this task on the Japanese side. ECOS Consult is providing organisational support for the project on the German side.
Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of the IEEJ, is the Japanese Co-Chair of the GJETC, Dr. Stefan Thomas, Director of the Energy, Transport and Climate Policy Research Division at the Wuppertal Institute, is the German Co-Chair. Prof Dr. Peter Hennicke, former President of the Wuppertal Institute and Co-Chair of the GJETC until 2022, will remain associated with the GJETC as Principal Advisor and Member. The GJETC also includes seven renowned scientists and stakeholders on both the German and Japanese sides.