Connecting Africa and Europe for Sustainable Development

Figure 1: Overview of the modelled electricity system in ATLANTIS.
Figure 1: Overview of the modelled electricity system in ATLANTIS.
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and therefore a transformation of our energy system is becoming more and more urgent. The fight against climate change is a global challenge and the electricity sector plays a key role in this transformation process. The shift from conventional power plants to renewable energies and the increasing electricity consumption are just two of the manifold challenges. Mitigation of climate change is one of the biggest present challenges, which is amongst others a main pillar of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations. The EU has already set pathways to battle climate change, but although the efforts are noteworthy and necessary Europe only accounts for about 10 % of the global CO2-emissions. Africa currently contributes about 3.5 % of the CO2 emissions and estimations show that the population will double and reach 2 billion people in 2050. Societal and economic development as well as quality education needs a stable and affordable electricity system and the needed stronger electrification of the whole continent has to be planned carefully in order to achieve higher standards of living whilst avoiding increasing CO2 emissions.
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