
562 Three Steps to a Solar System
37.2 A Further Step: Coming Out of the Niche
The Enqu
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ete Commission
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with the somewhat bulky name “Sustain-
able energy supply in the context of globalisation and liberalisation”
was convened by the German Bundestag in March 2000 to explore
development paths towards a sustainable energy supply up to 2050
and derive recommendations for policy action, with a view to the
World Summit in Johannesburg in August 2002.
This first gave rise to the question: What is a sustainable energy
supply? The result of the first part of the work was a system
of economic, ecological and social indicators which can be used
to “measure” the