The Green Paper for an integrated energy and climate strategy was commissioned by the Ministries of Economy, Environment, Social Affairs and Transport, and is intended by the commissioning parties as a basis for an informed, evidence-based discussion on an integrated energy and climate strategy.
It's aimed at both the interested public and experts at all levels. The Green Paper marks the starting point for a comprehensive participation process on the path towards a long-term climate and energy strategy for Austria. It includes a catalogue of questions that anyone interested can answer, thereby contributing their views.
Obvious inputs for answering the questions from a climate research perspective include both international framework agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as relevant scientific studies from Austria, such as the AAR14 of the APCC, COIN - Cost of Inaction and numerous further studies that can be drawn upon in the ongoing process for an integrated energy and climate strategy — particularly given that the Green Paper itself does not engage with this scientific literature.
Information on the Green Paper from the CCCA network
- Federal Research Centre for Forests BFW: Statement from the forest research centre
(As of 29.08.2016. An updated version will be published here if applicable)
- Forum Wissenschaft&Umwelt FWU/Umwelt Management Austria UMA: Proposed responses to the Green Paper consultation from Forum Wissenschaft&Umwelt
- Coordinators of the Austrian assessment report APCC AAR14: Letter to Federal Ministers Mitterlehner, Rupprechter, Leichtfried and Stöger
- Universität für Bodenkultur BOKU: Thoughts, suggestions and an orientation guide for the Green Paper question catalogue were developed by the Centre for Global Change and Sustainability: short.boku.ac.at/gruenbuch.
Links
- Green Paper consultation process
- Paris Agreement
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- AAR14 of the APCC
- COIN - Cost of Inaction