Beyond Fossil Fuels – Just Transition in Colorado, Arizona, California and Germany

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Three hybrid events in November 2021:

Denver, November 9, 2021

Tempe, November 10, 2021

Los Angeles, November 12, 2021

With our speakers from Germany:

Christine Herntier

Christine Herntier is the non-party mayor of Spremberg in the Lusatia-region of Brandenburg. First elected in 2014, she was just re-elected in October 2021. She was a member of the German Coal Commission and is the speaker for the municipalities of Brandenburg in the Lausitzrunde (Lusatia Council).

Bernd Tischler

Bernd Tischler was first elected as Bottrop’s lord mayor in 2009 and has been re-elected in 2014 and 2019. Since 2009, he heads the planning commission of the Ruhr Regional Association. He completed his studies in urban planning at the University of Dortmund in 1984 and started working as an urban planner for the City of Bottrop in 1989.

Christian Hauenstein

Christian Hauenstein is research associate & PhD student at Europa-Universität Flensburg, guest researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) & at Technische Universität Berlin. In his research, he focuses on socio-ecological transformations of the energy system, and in particular on the phase-out of fossil fuels.

We are most grateful for the financial support from the German Foreign Office via the Climate Funds and the Consulate General of Germany in Los Angeles.

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