High Trust Network for Ambitious Climate Action
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Goal
Through the establishment of a Hight Trust Network (HTN) of leading conservative think tanks and climate policy makers, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, the project wants to enable dialogue on climate issues throughout all segments of society, forming the discursive basis for effective climate action.
Project
To achieve effective climate action, all segments of society need to be included in the respective dialogue. This holds especially true for actors whose opinions on climate change issues are not necessarily congruent, namely conservative parties and climate policy makers. The project aims to promote informed dialogue between them.
It does so by setting up the High Trust Network (HTN), which includes primarily Central and Eastern European stakeholders. The HTN is led by three research institutes: the conservative think tanks Szazadveg Foundation (Hungary) and Sobieski Institute (Poland) on the one hand, and Ecologic Institute (Germany) on the other hand. The members of the HTN will be selected by consensus, the implementing research institutes agree on criteria and suggest and discuss candidates accordingly. In total, it will not exceed ten permanent members.
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The project contributes to anchoring climate and energy issues firmly in the conservative debate across Central and Eastern Europe, builds trust between the parties, and promotes mutual understanding. The Network members will act as multipliers by passing on the discussion and insights to their constituencies, and thus foster ambitious and effective climate policy of conservative parties.
Background
EU climate action has been fairly successful. It has reduced emissions by 23 per cent between 1990 and 2016, while its economy grew by 53 per cent during the same period. Still, these mission reductions are insufficient for the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
To achieve further reduction, we need a broad societal consensus on climate action. This requires the inclusion and cooperation of conservative players with climate policy makers: to increase conversation, counter polarization, and lead to more successful, effective climate action. The project wants to demonstrate that dialogue between conservative groups and climate policy makers is possible and productive, aiming to inspire fellow policy makers to follow this example of communication – not only in the field of climate action.
Project information
Updated: May 2020
Countries: Germany, Hungary, Poland
Project duration: 12/19 - 05/21
Funding: 112,226 €
Target groups: Cities, towns and municipalities, Civil Society, Companies, Experts, Investors, Private sector
Implementing organisation:
Ecologic Institute gGmbH
Project Webseite: ecologic.eu/
Contact Person
Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Organisation:
Ecologic Institute
Address:
Ecologic Institut GmbH
Pfalzburger Str. 43-44
10717 Berlin
EUKI
The European Climate Initiative (EUKI):
Potsdamer Platz 10,
10117 Berlin – Deutschland
Tel.: +49 (0)30 338424 570
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The European Climate Initiative (EUKI):
This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI). EUKI is a project financing instrument by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The EUKI competition for project ideas is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is the overarching goal of the EUKI to foster climate cooperation within the European Union (EU) in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information on the EUKI: www.euki.de
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