The DESERTEC Foundation is intended to serve as a hub for realizing the DESERTEC Concept. It will also work for creating a global alliance to ensure security of energy supplies, to promote economic development, and to stabilize the world’s climate.

We want to act as “awareness raiser”, “catalyst” and “barrier remover” to pave the way for DESERTEC developments. One of the most useful things we can do is to work with national governments and political bodies like the EU and similar bodies all over the world, to create the right framework of laws and regulations, and to ensure that there is a good framework of incentives for DESERTEC developments.

Since the DESERTEC Concept can serve as key part of any scenario for sustainable development in a world with 10 billion people, it will be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders. An important function of the DESERTEC Foundation will be to serve as a think tank and forum for the exchange of ideas and for discussion of relevant issues.