ZEF Public Lecture: "The Energy Transition in Colombia: Status Quo and Challenges"

January 11, 2024 | 13:30 h - 14:30 h

We'd like to invite you to our upcoming Public Lecture!
 

Topic

The Energy Transition in Colombia: Status Quo and Challenges

Speaker

Johannes Thema, researcher at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

The lecture will be held in hybrid mode (zoom and in-person at ZEF). Please join us at ZEF, ground floor, conference room, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn, or via Zoom: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Utde2srTkuG9ZFbqZHVvaO2dC42Q_kJdeQ

Abstract  

The current Colombian government under president Petro has announced high ambitions for an energy transition of the country in the electoral campaign and started first initiatives. Global North countries like Germany support this process, e.g. with credit lines from development banks, technology, know-how and political cooperation agreements. But what is the current state of Colombia’s energy system, what is needed for a decarbonization and transition to a renewable energies?

This lecture presents findings from an analysis of the Colombian energy system, sectoral consumption of energy carriers and transition challenges, the current energy supply situation, economic dependencies and transition challenges posed by international energy trade. A first assessment is given what may be necessary for a full decarbonization and how this relates to recent Colombian energy scenarios.

About the speaker

Johannes Thema is an economist and political scientist and graduated from University of Cologne. He has been working with the energy policy research unit at Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy since 2010. He is a researcher and project coordinator of national and international projects on energy efficiency and sufficiency policy. His dissertation focuses on the quantification and modelling of energy sufficiency policies with the goal of integrating sufficiency policies into sectoral demand models.