Transatlantic Climate Bridge to develop climate and energy policy cooperation

Silhouette of girl (6-7) waving hands behind US and European Union flags
© Sami Sarkis

In 2008 the transatlantic climate bridge was launched in Berlin. Politicians, businesspeople, and researchers from both sides of the Atlantic have been invited by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) to further intensify and develop transatlantic climate and energy policy cooperation. The transatlantic climate bridge aims at bringing together leading experts on energy and climate issues from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss approaches in renewable energy promotion and emissions trading just to name a few.

On behalf of the BMU, adelphi seeked to strengthen the sustainable energy prospects of this initiative. Roundtable events in the United States and Berlin are only one instrument to systematically strengthen transatlantic learning processes on how to promote transformation processes for a low carbon economy.

Publications of this project

  • Cap and Invest: Why Auctioning Gains Prominence in the EU's Emissions Trading System – Report on behalf of the Washington Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

    Tänzler, Dennis and Sibyl Steuwer 2009: Cap and Invest: Why Auctioning Gains Prominence in the EU's Emissions Trading System. Report on behalf of the Washington Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Washington DC: Heinrich Böll Foundation.

  • Climate and Energy Security – Prospects for a Transatlantic Approach

    Tänzler, Dennis 2008: Climate and Energy Security. Prospects for a Transatlantic Approach. In: Pettersson, Bo and Barbara Törnquist-Plewa (Eds.): Energy Security in Europe. CFE Conference Papers Series No. 2. Lund: Centre for European Studies/Lund University, pp. 31-42.

  • The Prospects for a Transatlantic Climate Policy

    Tänzler, Dennis and Alexander Carius 2004: The Prospects for a Transatlantic Climate Policy. In: Journal of Transatlantic Studies 2:2, pp. 209-226.