Transforming the energy supply to protect the climate and conserve resources is one of the greatest challenges facing the worldwide community. For this transformation to succeed, close international cooperation in this area is imperative. The global energy transition has thus become an important field of action in foreign policy and diplomacy that is highly dependent on informed political discourse. As an established energy transition pioneer, Germany has taken on a high-profile role in this debate.
The project on Communicating the Global Energy Transition supports the Federal Foreign Office and the German missions abroad by offering advisory services and systematic preparation of topics related to the integration of the global energy transition in their own foreign policy agendas. In addition to advisory services, the project also comprises specific public relations measures for communicating global energy transition topics to the general public in the target countries and for addressing additional relevant target groups. These efforts aim to stimulate international knowledge transfer and dialogue on the topic and mainstream the notion of energy transition in the international agenda.
The project comprises four fields of action: 1. Advising the Federal Foreign Office on establishing the energy transition as a foreign policy field of action, 2. Presenting international energy policy discourse by designing and implementing an international travelling exhibition on the global energy transition, 3. Providing scholarships for young journalists and influencers that will enable them to participate in the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue and take part in the global energy policy discourse, and 4. Preparing content on relevant thematic and fields of action of German foreign policy, including the topics of Sustainable Transformation of the Transport Sector and Just Transition.