Agora Transport Tranformation gGmbH
Budget
€3,564,578
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
0.3 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Agora Verkehrswende is a Berlin-based think tank that seeks to promote climate-friendly mobility. The Verkehrswende – the transition to a climate-neutral transport system – is embedded in a set of far-reaching climate goals and legislation. For Germany’s transport sector, this means cutting current emissions nearly in half by 2030 and eliminating all emissions by 2045. Achieving climate-neutral mobility requires a two-pronged approach. We need to make sure that the transport system is more efficient and we need to decarbonise the energy needed to run it. And it means increasing the energy efficiency of the transport system by discouraging unnecessary trips, using more environmentally friendly modes of transport (bus, train, bicycle), bundling travel, and improving vehicles and other transport technologies. Only if we pursue both strategies will we be able to create a truly sustainable transport system.
EU Legislative Interests
In Germany, the key legislation is the amended Climate Change Act of June 2021, which “enshrines in law the goal of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045”. For Germany’s transport sector, this means cutting current emissions nearly in half by 2030 and eliminating all emissions by 2045. What is more, the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is tied to other important concerns such as social justice, freedom, economic efficiency, health, environmental protection and quality of life. In this sense, the Verkehrswende (transport transformation) is also a Fairkehrswende (just transport transformation). In this context, Agora Transport Transformation is interested in the Green Deal and the Clean Industrial Deal.
Communication Activities
Regular publications and public events, all of which are accessible on the Agora Verkehrswende website. Specifically: https://www.agora-verkehrswende.org/publications/defossilising-aviation-with-e-saf-1 https://www.agora-verkehrswende.org/publications/eu-policies-for-climate-neutrality-in-the-decisive-decade
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
We are not a member of any of the above-mentioned entities nor do we sponsor or contribute to other associations or organisations. As you mentioned: We are not in any network, like INETT and S3ET. These are only networks from Agora Energiewende, which are shown on the Agora Energiewende website. Only our logo is listed on the Agora Energiewende website for the sake of completeness of the brand Agora, although of being different entities. It means: Our brand Agora Verkehrswende is only connected to other Agora brands (like Agora Agrar, Agora Industry, Agora Energiewende). The other brands belong to “Agora Think Tanks” as one entity. -> (https://www.agora-energiewende.org/imprint) Our brand "Agora Verkehrswende” belongs to the independent entity Agora Transport Transformation gGmbH -> (https://www.agora-verkehrswende.org/imprint) We do not represent or are not a member if any of the above-mentioned entities nor do we sponsor or contribute to other associations or organisations. To create the greatest possible transparency, we have registered with the German Initiative for Transparent Civil Society and published all relevant information on our website: https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/ueber-uns/transparenz
Organisation Members
We don't have member organisations. Individual projects have been worked on with following independent project partners: https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/ueber-uns/partner To create the greatest possible transparency, we have registered with the German Initiative for Transparent Civil Society and published all relevant information on our website: https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/ueber-uns/transparenz
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.