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AMPERE Newsletter
First AMPERE Project Newsletter 02/2012
The 1st Project Newsletter provides an overview of the project's aims and scope as well as an update on the progress within AMPERE over the first 12 months. Please download the newsletter here:
AMPERE project Newsletter 1.pdf
For general introductory information on the AMPERE project please also see the project's information brochure:
Next AMPERE events in Venice
1st AMPERE Stakeholder Workshop in Venice
In May the first AMPERE Stakeholder Workshop will take place in Venice, Italy. The workshop will intend to give an answer to the key question: What do stakeholders need to learn from model-based climate policy assessments, and what type of assessments should AMPERE aim for? Around 20 representatives from EU institutions, the public and the private sector, non-governmental organisations, and scientists - including the IPCC Working Group 3 Co-Chairs and AMPERE partners Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer and Prof. Carlo Carraro - will be discussing the science-policy interface in the climate policy context relevant for AMPERE. The workshop on May 22, 2012 will be hosted by our project partner Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and take place in its Venice premises located on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. It will precede a 2 1/2 days AMPERE project meeting in the same week.
Climate change mitigation cost
Climate change mitigation cost: researchers improve assessment
02/28/2011 - The assessment of climate change mitigation cost is going to be improved. Teams of researchers from twelve countries will run their energy-economy-climate computer models against each other. The aim is to make the prognoses more informative for policy-makers who want to bring about long-term emission reductions or promote low carbon technology. “Assessments of mitigation cost need a broader foundation,” says Elmar Kriegler from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). He is leading the model comparison project together with PIK’s chief economist Ottmar Edenhofer. “We will analyse in detail how a variety of assumptions – e.g. concerning future climate policy and available mitigation options – affect the mitigation scenarios, their feasibility and cost.”
