The decarbonization of our energy systems and the defossilization of other areas of life can only be achieved through the coordinated use of all available technological and behavioral approaches and resources. These must include both the supply and demand side and take global interactions into account. This “energy transition” therefore requires a comprehensive social negotiation and consensus-building process and thus presents science with interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary challenges.

This working group seeks to support this transformation of society as a whole with concrete proposals based on interdisciplinary scientific facts. The focus is therefore on a systemic analysis of the social, economic, cultural, technical and ecological challenges of the transformation of the European energy system, with conscious consideration of the closely interwoven global interactions.