In the CAMPFIRE project, IKEM is analysing the potential of green ammonia as an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based fuels in shipping. A recently published communication guide aims to support project developers and decision-makers in promoting social acceptance and support for green ammonia.

In the current issue of the magazine Energieimpulse, the project team reports on the results of its research into heat storage potential for the state of Berlin.

On behalf of Stadtwerke Speyer and Trier, IKEM has examined the legal framework for decentralised marketing of photovoltaic electricity.

In the study, Susan Wilms and Yannick Würkert propose, among other things, the introduction of a new form of electricity sales, the reform of grid fees and the promotion of electricity storage systems.

The study was presented at a press conference in Speyer on 14 March.

In this article, Nils Baumann looks at the climate balance for the year 2024 and also assesses the development of the global climate, social impacts and the change in emission values.

The eighth edition of the Transatlantic Energy Conference on 27 and 28 March focused on the question of what impact the current political shifts are having on transatlantic energy cooperation.

IKEM Managing Director Judith Schäfer-Gendrisch moderated a panel on the role of US LNG for the European energy supply. For her, the discussion emphasised that natural gas and LNG will continue to play a central role. At the same time, increased efforts are needed to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels in the long term.

On 19 March, our colleagues Divy Gupte and Giverny Lindquist took part in a conference on ERS organised by the Dutch Ministry of Transport in The Hague as part of the E-CORE project. The central finding of the conference was that ERS could be an important fall-back option in the future - ERS should not replace other solutions, but rather strengthen the entire system.

On 12 March, we held our first internal workshop on gender equality, where our employees had the opportunity to share their personal insights on inequality using the EQT card game. We are delighted that they were able to familiarise themselves first-hand with the toolkit developed by our Climate and Innovation team.

If you and your team are interested in such a workshop, please get in touch with us!

On 11 March, IKEM received a visit from Agnes Scott College (USA). At a workshop with our Climate and Innovation department, the students discussed climate protection measures, green fuels and climate justice.

The Pedestrian Congress 2025 took place in Mainz on 11 March. Alexandra Appel was a speaker on a panel discussing what the city centre of the future could look like and what steps are already being taken to make it more liveable, sustainable and attractive.

On 11 March, the third edition of Cafe Kyiv, which focused on gender equality in the context of the Green Deal, took place. Anika Nicolaas Ponder and Clara Seinsche took part in a virtual reality tour to experience the dramatic effects of the Russian war of aggression and had the opportunity to meet change agents from Ukraine.

You can now register for the first edition of the IKEM Symposium on Climate Law and Policy. The conference on 28 May 2025 will address the complex relationship between climate protection, energy supply and security from a legal perspective.

A new issue of the journal Klima und Recht is available now! This month's issue covers a variety of climate-related topics, including:

• Corinna Enders: Digitalisation - a central element for the
  successful energy transition
• Walter Frenz: Business law and climate protection after three years of ‘Ampel’ and the EU Competitiveness Compass of 29 January 2025
• Jonas Kautz/Anthony Mario Wernicke: ‘Public Interest Litigation’ - A way to enforce climate protection?
• Andreas Rietzler: Wind turbines and environmental protection under monument law
• Nils Baumann: Consideration of the climate balance of the year 2024
• BVerfG: Tübingen packaging tax - McDonald's constitutional complaint unsuccessful

If you research climate law issues and would like to publish your results, we would like to invite you to get in touch with the editorial team at: klimr@ikem.de.

Join our team at IKEM! We currently have the following job openings:

• Law traineeship (m/w/d)
• Internship

We continuously offer positions for PhD candidates, law traineeships and interns.

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