Ecologic Institute: Science and Policy for a Sustainable World

Publication

Climate Action Regulation 2.0

EU Framework for Making Non-ETS Sectors Climate Neutral

The Climate Action Regulation (CAR aka Effort Sharing Regulation) regulates 57 % of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the EU cannot achieve its new climate targets without major contributions from the sectors regulated by the CAR. This makes reforming the CAR one of the EU’s most important legislative processes in 2021. There are various ideas about how to turn the CAR into a strong driver for achieving the EU’s climate targets. This Ecologic Institute paper discusses these ideas, and makes proposals for reform.Read more

Publication

Book Section

Agriculture

Food

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Sustainability

European Approach for Reducing Consumer Food Waste

Putting Insights in Practice

Published by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences a new book deals with the reduction of food loss and waste globally. It includes an article that sums up results of the EU research project REFRESH, and in particular the work on policies to reduce consumer food waste, lead by the Ecologic Institute. The book is available for download.Read more

Publication

Article

Climate

Germany, Multilateralism and the Climate Crisis

How cooperation can strengthen climate policy

In the wake of Joe Biden's election as 46th President of the United States, Dr. Camilla Bausch contributed a blog post for the Global Public Policy Institute's Peace Lab on how multilateralism could help address the climate crisis. This is a timely contribution as it is complimentary to the current work on the German government's new White Paper on multilateralism. In her blog post, Dr. Bausch addresses a broad range of climate diplomacy topics, taking into account the role of Germany as well as the European Green Deal, the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN Agenda 2030, the dynamics within the G20 and the role of science.Read more

Publication

Scoping the Market for Fish-friendly Hydropower Technologies: Recent developments, future expectations

FIThydro Market Conditions Brief

Hydropower remains essential to achieve Europe's climate commitments. At the same time, the sector must innovate to decrease its negative impacts on Europe's rivers and freshwater fish. This FIThydro Brief, written by Ecologic Institute's Hugh McDonald and Gerardo Anzaldúa, assesses the current and future demand for fish-friendly hydropower in Europe. It concludes that EU and national policy and economic developments offer a chance to innovate and address rising social and environmental concerns about hydropower's negative impacts.Read more

Publication

Policy Brief

Climate

Economics

Why the EU Needs an Emission Budget

What matters for the climate is the total amount of emissions and removals over time and corresponding levels of atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration. The current focus on reductions achieved as of a specific moment in time disguises this. Emission budgets that quantify the total amount of permissible emissions would address this problem. The EU should establish an emission budget within its Climate Law. This emission budget should include all GHG emissions, not only CO2. These are some of the key findings of this briefing paper.Read more

Events by Ecologic Institute

Dec

online, Germany

Is the Future of Mobility the Past?

Nov

Harnessing the European Green Deal to Address the Climate Crisis –...

Nov

Circular Economy of the Next Generation. Perspectives of Social-...

Publication

Book

Education

Plastics

Heddi und die Plastik-Helden

Plastic avoidance explained easily: The PIXI book "Heddi und die Plastik-Helden" (Heddi and the plastic heroes) was created in the context of "Plastics in the Environment", a research focus coordinated by the Ecologic Institute. It explains in a child-friendly and appealing way how plastic gets from land to sea, how long it stays in nature and how it can be avoided in everyday life with simple decisions. Samples of the book can be ordered free of charge.Read more

Websites by Ecologic Institute

muell-im-meer.de

Duration: April 2019 to December 2021

Funded by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA)

recipes-project.eu

Duration: January 2019 to December 2021

Funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

naturvation .eu

Duration: November 2016 to October 2020

Funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

bmbf-plastik.de/en

Duration: September 2017 to August 2021

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

minfuture .eu

Duration: December 2016 to November 2018

Funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

wangeliner-workcamp.de

Duration: July 2016 to November 2018

Funded by Verein zur Förderung ökologisch-ökonomisch angemessener Lebensverhältnisse westlich des Plauer Sees (FAL)

econadapt.eu

Duration: October 2013 to September 2016

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

climatedialogue.eu

Duration: November 2017 to October 2019

Funded by Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and GIZ

circular-impacts.eu

Duration: October 2016 to September 2018

Funded by the European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

http://forum-fischschutz.de

Duration: January 2011 - April 2018

Funded by Umweltbundesamt (UBA)

eu-refresh.org

Duration: July 2015 - June 2019

Funded by European Commission, Research Executive Agency (REA)

climatepolicyinfohub.eu

Duration: May 2013 - April 2016

Funded by European Commission, Directorate–General Research (DG Research)

nachhaltigeswirtschaften-soef.de

Duration: October 2015 to March 2019

Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and German Aerospace Center

multee.eu

Duration: March 2015 to August 2017

Funded by European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

measuring-progress.eu

Duration: September 2013 - August 2016

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

aquacross.eu

Duration: June 2015 - November 2018

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

netgreen-project.eu

Duration: September 2013 - August 2016

Funded by the Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

pocacito.eu

Duration: January 2014 to December 2016

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

geschichte-umweltpolitikberatung.org

Duration: Decemeber 2012 – June 2014

Funded by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)

eleep.eu

Duration: September 2011 – December 2017

Funded by the European Union and Robert Bosch Stiftung

klimzug-radost.de

Duration: July 2009 - June 2014

Funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

dynamix-project.eu

Duration: September 2012 – December 2015

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

efface.eu

Duration: December 2012 – March 2016

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

reformrivers.eu

Duration: November 2011 – November 2015

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

demeau-fp7.eu

Duration: September 2012 – August 2015

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

clearingstelle-eeg.de

Duration: 2009 – 2017

Funded by Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

cecilia2050.eu

Duration: September 2012 – August 2015

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

base-adaptation.eu

Duration: October 2012 – September 2016

Funded by European Commission, Directorate-Generale Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)

Ecologic Institute: Science and Policy for a Sustainable World

Ecologic Institute conducts inter- and transdisciplinary environmental research and has offices in Berlin, Brussels and Washington DC. In its role as a private, independent organization, Ecologic Institute is dedicated to the preparation of relevant sociopolitical aspects of sustainability research and contributing new knowledge to environmental policy. Innovative research methods, an orientation on practice and a transdisciplinary approach ensure scientific excellent and social relevance. The work done at Ecologic Institute covers the spectrum of environmental topics and includes the integration of environment-related issues into other political spheres.

Ecologic Institute was founded in 1995 and collaborates closely with other European and international bodies, including active participation as a member of the Ecological Research Network (Ecornet). Today, the more than 100 individuals at Ecologic Institute work in a variety of international and interdisciplinary project teams.
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