The Canada-Germany Energy Partnership between the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Natural Resources Canada cordially invites you to a virtual workshop on the topic of just transition on November 2, 6-8 a.m. (GMT-7) / 2-4 p.m. (in Germany).

The Canada-German Energy Partnership recently published the study Supporting just transitions in Canada and Germany. The study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges in achieving a just transition, analysing Germany’s sixty-year experience in managing the decline of its once 600,000-workers-strong coal industry and highlighting key lessons-learned for policy-makers.

The lessons drawn from this decline as well as from the policy measures and strategies employed are useful for policy-makers in Canada and other countries, who work on the coal phase-out or the transformation of other traditional energy sectors. In the workshop, they will present the findings of the study and discuss how to support a just transition in Canada and Germany with a panel of Canadian and German experts and practitioners – including from Iron & Earth, Mount Royal University and the University of Flensburg.

You can register following this link.

6:00am (GMT-7)
Welcome and introduction
Jens Honnen and Nicolai Pogadl (Energy Partnership Secretariat)
6:05am
Opening statements by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
6:20am
Presentation: Lessons-learned from Germany’s coal phase-out
Nora Stognief, University of Flensburg
Jens Honnen, adelphi
6:40am
Q&A session
6:55am
Panel: Managing a just transition in Canada and Germany

• Duane Bratt, Mount Royal University
• Luisa Da Silva, Iron & Earth
• Sebastian Saule, Brandenburg Economic Development Agency (WFBB)
• Nora Stognief, University of Flensburg
• Laura Cameron, Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

7:45am
Conclusion and wrap-up
Nicolai Pogadl and Jens Honnen (Energy Partnership Secretariat)