Mission

The European Climate Forum initiates and performs high-class research on climate change in close interaction with stakeholders. We provide a pluralistic communication platform in the emerging global field of governments, local authorities, businesses, and social movements. This field lies beyond the traditional linkage between academic institutions and the nation state hosting them. It requires a capability to learn from each other in situations where consensus is impossible, perhaps not even desirable. As a key requisite for addressing the climate challenge in this spirit, ECF contributes to a new economic theory that will enhance our capability to manage climate risks.

Tools
To fulfil its mission, ECF develops and maintains three kinds of tools:

• Multi-agent models of coupled human-ecological systems;
• Balanced Scorecards as more comprehensive methodology than cost-benefit analysis;
• Science-based stakeholder dialogues about climate policy issues.