Annemarie Botzki studied Politics and Government in the EU at the London School of Economics and went on to cover climate and energy policies as an energy reporter in Brussels and London. Inspired by covering the UNFCCC 2015 in Paris, she started work at a Berlin based solar street start up, where she managed national and international projects. She writes about climate change, clean energy innovations and works on solar streets in Berlin.
In her first TEDx talk she addresses
- What was decided at COP21 in Paris?
- What do the agreed goals mean for our economies and states?
- How can innovation help to reach the goals?
She shows that the Paris climate accord has wide reaching consequences for our economies. The 1.5-degree temperature and "zero emission by 2050" targets mean that we need to take decisive measures to rebuild our states- in a sustainable way.
These climate goals have been set, but not yet met. But the goals and an unprecedented shift away from fossil fuels (& wave of climate change litigation) gives all of us a chance to participate in building a new economy.
Solar roads are a powerful solution that can be part of the solution. They take standard photovoltaic technology one-step further. Solar streets use standard solar technology but package it in a way that cars can drive over it and you can walk on it.
More surface area can be used to generate clean power. We can install solar streets on existing surface, we can scale clean energy production and build large power plants and we can support electric vehicles with clean power. They therefore bring more independence to every citizen and every community.
Read more about the facts and information mentioned in the talk here:

https://unfccc.int/files/meetings/paris_nov_2015/application/pdf/paris_agreement_english_.pdf
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/20/17031676/climate-change-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-new-york-santa-cruz
https://www.solarserver.de/solar-magazin/nachrichten/aktuelles/2018/kw19/solarenergiefoerderverein-will-verfassungsbeschwerde-einlegen.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/29/scientists-say-theres-basically-no-way-the-great-barrier-reef-was-bleached-naturally/?utm_term=.4b7e1e2a4c22
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00376-018-8011-z.pdf
https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-2017/
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/in-short/the-10-science-2018must-knows2019-on-climate-change
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/02/climate-change-will-create-worlds-biggest-refugee-crisis
https://ejfoundation.org/what-we-do/climate/protecting-climate-refugees
http://interfaxenergy.com/gasdaily/article/18631/cop21-nations-to-peak-emissions-after-2050
www.solmove.com
https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/explaining-extreme-events-from-a-climate-perspective/
Annemarie Botzki studied Politics and Government in the EU at the London School of Economics and went on to cover climate and energy policies as an energy reporter in Brussels and London. Inspired by covering the UNFCCC 2015 in Paris, she started work at a Berlin based solar street start up, where she managed national and international projects. She writes about climate change, clean energy innovations and works on solar streets in Berlin. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx