Volume 23: Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Post-COVID Recovery towards a Better Future: Part VI

Identifying Sustainable Transformation Trajectories for a Low Carbon Economy Using a Multi-Stakeholder MCDA Approach – The Case of Germany Florian Siekmann, Sandra Venghaus, Holger Schlör

Abstract

Navigating the complex transformation process towards a sustainable energy system requires considering multiple stakeholders and various criteria within a multifaceted decision-making process. This work lays out a conceptual framework to identify holistic transformation trajectories for the implementation of a sustainable bioeconomy in Germany under consideration of stakeholder-specific perspectives and weighted decision criteria in the context of energy planning towards a low carbon economy.

Keywords energy planning, low carbon economy, PROMETHEE, group decision-making, bioeconomy, FEW nexus