Managing a successful transition of the current energy supply system to less carbon emitting
options ensuring a safe and secure supply during the whole process and in the long term is
one of the largest challenges of our time. Various approaches and first implementations show
that it is not only technological issue but also a matter of societal acceptance and
acceptability considering basic ethic values of the society. The main foci of the book are
thus to develop an understanding about the specific challenges of the scientific policy advice
in the area to explore typical current approaches for the analysis of future energy systems
and to develop criteria for the quality assessment and guidelines for the improvement of such
studies. The book provides assistance to the interpretation of existing studies and guidelines
for setting up and carrying out new analyses as well as for communicating and applying the
results. Thereby it aims to support the involved actors such as the respective scientific
experts and researchers as well as decision makers energy suppliers stakeholders and the
interested public in designing procedures for a successful transition process. The study
elaborates consistent interdisciplinary advice as contribution for realising a continuously
safe and secure long-term viable energy supply in spite of diverse interests multi-level
responsibilities multi-dimensional processes large uncertainties and lack of knowledge about
future developments.
