Webinar Series (Germany session) Strengthening Security on Climate, Economics and SocietyGreen Energy Transition Today

in Japanese

Over the past 20 years, Germany has led Europe’s green energy transition through the integration of economic and energy policies. However, the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused a sharp rise in energy prices, presenting a major challenge to Germany’s energy policy. Despite these difficulties, Germany remains committed to further advancing its energy transition, phasing out coal, achieving a nuclear-free energy mix, and installing over 14 GW of solar power last year alone. Dr. Falk Bömeke of Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany, and Dr. Matthias Deutsch of Agora Energiewende spoke about Germany's current energy policies and its future direction.

Program  *English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided.

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  Falk Bömeke
  Head of Division, General Issues of Bilateral Climate and Energy Cooperation; Cooperation with North America, East Asia, Oceania and Turkey, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany

  Dr. Falk Bömeke is currently heading the division “General issues of bilateral climate and energy cooperation; Cooperation in North America, East Asia, Oceania and Turkey” at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Previously he worked as Head of the Economic and Energy Division at the German Embassy in Pretoria, as Economic Counselor at the German Embassy in Washington and in the European Department of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin as well as in the Parliamentary and Cabinet Division, the Automobile and Electric Vehicle Division and the European Law Division at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs. He has studied law at the Universität zu Köln (University of Cologne), the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (University of Paris) and the University of Sydney. He holds a law degree and PhD of the University of Cologne and an LL.M. (Master of Law) of the University of Sydney.

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  Matthias Deutsch
  Programme Lead Hydrogen, Agora Energiewende

  Dr. Matthias Deutsch leads the hydrogen programme at Agora Industry, and he has more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector. His previous work at Agora covered climate-neutrality, power and heat sector coupling as well as storage. For eight years, he worked at Prognos AG, advising companies, industry associations and governmental authorities, with a focus on renewable energy, energy demand and gas grid development. Prior to working for Prognos, Matthias Deutsch has been employed at the Hertie School of Governance and the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin. He is a graduate engineer in environmental technology (Berlin University of Technology) and holds a PhD in policy studies from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, USA.

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