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Domes­tic and inter­na­tion­al cli­mate poli­cies, with renew­able pow­er gen­er­a­tion as one of their cen­tral pil­lars, are increas­ing­ly being explored for their social and eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties. Among these ben­e­fits are the link­ing of water and ener­gy secu­ri­ty, social own­er­ship, dis­trib­uted rev­enues in the ener­gy sys­tem, and improve­ments in air qual­i­ty and health. Har­ness­ing the mul­ti­ple ben­e­fits of renew­able pow­er gen­er­a­tion requires the care­ful align­ment of pol­i­cy mea­sures, sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy inno­va­tions, and dif­fer­ent stakes in soci­ety to cre­ate an enabling envi­ron­ment.

Since 2014, the IASS Pots­dam and the Insti­tute for Applied Ecol­o­gy in the Chi­nese Acad­e­my of Sci­ences (CAS-IAE) have worked togeth­er to explore the mobil­i­sa­tion of the co-ben­e­fits of cli­mate change mit­i­ga­tion, and renew­able pow­er gen­er­a­tion in par­tic­u­lar.

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