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Ariel Araujo

MA (Environmental Policy and Planning)
BSc (Environmental and Resource Management)

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Ariel Araujo works at Ecologic Institute as a Researcher. His work focuses on resource efficiency, the transition towards a circular economy and urban sustainability. His native language is Spanish. He speaks fluent German and English and also has basic knowledge of Portuguese.

At Ecologic Institute, Ariel Araujo works mainly in the field of resource (efficiency) policy, particularly on the projects "Trend Analysis Resource Policy", "Identifying and Assessing Interactions between International Climate and Resource Policy" (ICARE) and "Multi-Use offshore platforms demoNstrators for boostIng cost-effecTive and Eco-friendly proDuction in sustainable marine activities" (UNITED). The "Trend Analysis Resource Policy" project identifies relevant societal trends, which could affect resource use, and analyses policy strategies and instruments that could help with tackling these trends. Ariel Araujo supports the analysis of policy strategies and instruments. At the UFOPLAN project ICARE, which analyzes the interrelation between resource and climate policy at international scale, Ariel Araujo supports the formulation of overarching political measures for resource conservation. His work is focused on the analysis of the relevance and applicability of political measures in different world regions, as well as their interactions with climate policy. The H2020 project UNITED examines the economic, social and ecological added value of combining multiple activities at the same maritime space using pilot demonstrators. Ariel Araujo supports the analysis of ecosystem services from an economic and ecological perspective.

Before arriving at Ecologic Institute, Ariel Araujo worked as an intern for the IKI-financed project "Initiative Resource Efficiency and Climate Action" at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Ariel Araujo holds a Master's degree in Environmental Policy and Planning from Technische Universität Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) his Bachelor's degree in Environmental and Resource Management from the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany). He completed his Master's thesis within the interdisciplinary research project "RuralFutures Uruguay”, for which he conducted a field work in 17 rural schools throughout Uruguay.

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Selected projects by Ariel Araujo
ProjectIdentifying and Assessing Interactions between International Climate and Resource Policy (ICARE)
 
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Climate and resource policy are important fields of action at international and national level. In contrast to climate protection, there is no international policy regime for resource conservation and its societal relevance appears lower than for climate protection.... Read more

Identifying and Assessing Interactions between International Climate and Resource Policy (ICARE)

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ProjectHorizon 2020Multi-use Offshore Platforms Demonstrators for Boosting Cost-effective and Eco-friendly Production in Sustainable Marine Activities (UNITED)
 

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The UNITED project provides evidence by means of pilot demonstrators that the development of multi-use platforms or co-location of different activities in a marine and ocean space is a viable approach (economically, socially and environmentally) for European maritime... Read more

Multi-use Offshore Platforms Demonstrators for Boosting Cost-effective and Eco-friendly Production in Sustainable Marine Activities (UNITED)

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ProjectHorizon 2020Bio-based Strategies and Roadmaps for Enhanced Rural and Regional Development in the EU (BE-Rural)
 
The bioeconomy carries the promise to offer important opportunities for rural employment and regional added value. The transition towards a more sustainable, bio-based regional economy and society requires the active involvement of a broad spectrum of stakeholders and... Read more

Bio-based Strategies and Roadmaps for Enhanced Rural and Regional Development in the EU (BE-Rural)

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ProjectCircular City Berlin – From potential towards implementation (CiBER 1)
 

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The project "Circular City Berlin – from potential towards implementation (CiBER 1)" analyses and promotes innovative approaches to the circular economy in various sectors in Berlin. In view of the expected further growth, urban densification and increased economic... Read more

Circular City Berlin – From potential towards implementation (CiBER 1)

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ProjectResource Efficiency and Natural Resources in an International Context
 
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Global extraction of primary raw materials has been growing continuously for decades, and absolute decoupling between economic growth and resource consumption, let alone environmental impacts associated with the use of natural resources, has not yet been achieved.... Read more

Resource Efficiency and Natural Resources in an International Context

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Selected publications by Ariel Araujo
PublicationReportMethodentriangulation zur Ermittlung und Bewertung von gesellschaftlichen Trends und ressourcenpolitischen Maßnahmen
 
Sustainable use of natural resources in the long term requires not only the application and dissemination of resource-saving technologies and infrastructures, but also changes in individual and collective behaviour and social practices. Against this background,... Read more

Hirschnitz-Garbers, M.; Araujo Sosa, A.; Zwiers, J.; Hackfort, S.; und Schipperges, M. (2020). Methodentriangulation zur Ermittlung und Bewertung von gesellschaftlichen Trends und ressourcenpolitischen Maßnahmen. Teilbericht aus dem Trendradar-Projekt. UBA TEXTE 160/2020. Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationArticleMehr Kohärenz bitte!
 
This article (written in German) examines various policies and approaches that are currently being implemented or planned as solutions to the plastics crisis. It becomes clear that in national and international policies plastics are mainly described as a problem of... Read more

Mederake, L., Araujo Sosa, A. und Hirschnitz-Garbers, M. (2020): Mehr Kohärenz bitte! Plastikpolitik in Deutschland, Europa und weltweit. Politische Ökologie, Band 161, 76-82.

PublicationReportClimate Protection and Resource Conservation
 
Climate protection is one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary environmental policy issues, both on the national and the international level. While the Paris Agreement has marked a great success for climate protection in the international arena... Read more

Hirschnitz-Garbers, M.; A. Araujo Sosa; M. Hinzmann; E.K. Velten; M. Freundt; L. Duin and K. Neumann (2020). Climate Protection and Resource Conservation – Analysing the climate-resources nexus and interactions between international policy measures. Ecologic Institute Discussion Paper, Berlin.

PublicationDocumentThe Macro-environment Surrounding BE-Rural's Open Innovation Platforms
 
With the recent update of its Bioeconomy Strategy, the guidance of its advisory bodies and the engagement of regional groups and representatives, Europe has found a new track towards a sustainable bioeconomy, building on the notion that regions are the most appropriate... Read more

Anzaldúa, G., Abhold, K., Araujo, A., Chebotarev, A., Cosnita, D., Diaconescu, T., Dimov, L., Duic, N., Iorgulescu, R., Kiresiewa, Z., Lazdina, D., Makovskis, K., Markovska, M., Mihajloska, E., Mytlewski, A., Pauna, C., Pavlova, I., Rakowski, M., Schock, M., Szulecka, O., Tröltzsch, J., Zelljadt, E. (2019). D2.2 The macro-environment surrounding BE-Rural’s Open Innovation Platforms. Deliverable of the H2020 BE-Rural project.

PublicationReportStärkung der Kreislaufführung von mineralischen Baustoffen mittels freiwilliger Selbstverpflichtung
 
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How can the recycling of construction materials in Germany be further expanded and professionalised? What needs to be changed so that more high-quality recycled construction materials can be used, especially in high-rise construction? The stakeholder analysis by... Read more

Hinzmann, Mandy; Ariel Araujo Sosa; Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers (2019): Stärkung der Kreislaufführung von mineralischen Baustoffen mittels freiwilliger Selbstverpflichtung - Akteursperspektiven auf Bedarfe und Optionen. Akteursanalyse im Projekt Ressourcenpolitik 2 (PolRess 2). www.ressourcenpolitik.de

PublicationPolicy BriefFostering Resource Security and Sustainable Development through improved monitoring of the Physical Economy
 
Many of today’s large societal challenges, such as climate change mitigation, resource security, urbanisation and migration require a fundamental transformation of the way we use natural resources. However, our understanding of the stocks and flows of materials and... Read more

Araujo Sosa, A.; Hirschnitz-Garbers, M.; and Müller, D. (2018). Fostering Resource Security and Sustainable Development through improved monitoring of the Physical Economy. MinFuture Policy Brief (D6.4.1); Ecologic Institute: Berlin

PublicationPolicy BriefIncreasing Security of Supply and Competitiveness Through Monitoring of the Physical Economy in Companies and Along Supply Chains
 
The MinFuture project has developed a framework aimed at providing guidance on how to perform a more systematic physical accounting, as well as steps to help implement such a system. The MinFuture Business Brief is available for download. The key recommendations are:... Read more

Araujo Sosa, A.; Hirschnitz-Garbers, M.; Müller, D.; Rechberger, H.; and Liu, G. (2018). Increasing security of supply and competitiveness through monitoring of the physical economy in companies and along supply chains. MinFuture Business Brief (D6.4.2); Ecologic Institute: Berlin

Recent content by Ariel Araujo

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The aim of this expert dialogue is to discuss measures for the promotion of repair at local level through the example of repair networks and bonuses by presenting existing networks and good practice examples that show potential success factors and challenges.

Promoting Repair through Networks and Repair Bonuses – Re-Use Berlin

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The German Environment Agency (UBA) is pleased to announce the 6th European Resources Forum – "Transformative approaches for sustainable resource use and a circular economy."

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1st page of the Background paper for the European Resource Forum 2022 "Sustainable Resource Use & Circular Economy – The political landscape"
The transition to sustainable resource use and a circular economy is broadly recognised as an important lever in dealing with the various current crises. Debates in various international organisations suggest that such a transition will require profound systemic changes and the increased integration of previously separated policy fields in order to deliver the expected benefits. Moreover, current efforts are largely focused on entire product value chains.

Sustainable Resource Use and Circular Economy – the political landscape

Background paper for the European Resource Forum 2022

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The overall goal of SCALE-UP is to support regional multi-actor partnerships, consisting of private businesses, governments and policymakers, civil society organisations, and researchers in identifying and scaling-up innovative and sustainable bio-based value chains that build on regional resources. Through its approach, SCALE-UP will adapt, implement and evaluate tools to help regional actors to overcome the apparent bottlenecks towards fully exploiting bioeconomy potentials in their region.

Concepts, Tools and Applications for Community-driven Bioeconomy Development in European Rural Areas (SCALE-UP)

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In the context of the political goal of strengthening the reuse of used goods, the project aims at supporting and executing re-use measures in Berlin in order to foster structures and actors in Berlin that bring the used goods market out of its niche. To do so, the project draws on the practical experience of initial pilot tests in 2018, networking activities since 2019 and the opening of the Re-Use Superstore in 2020.

Re-use Berlin Measures 2022-2023

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Publication:Report
 
cover of the BE-RURAL deliverable "Note on the development of a sustainability screening for regional bioeconomy strategies"
This report provides the context and justification for the development of BE-Rural's Sustainability Screening, a description of its methodological procedure, and the syntheses of results from the two experimental implementations of the approach in the Stara Zagora and Vidzeme regions, which are included in full as annexes to this report. The last chapters present the main lessons learned from these two pilots and the overall conclusions of the task.

Note on the Development of a Sustainability Screening for Regional Bioeconomy Strategies

Deliverable 5.4 H2020 Research project BE-Rural

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Project
 
The project investigates the potential for greenhouse gas savings through resource efficiency and circular economy measures. Ecologic Institute supports the formulation of resource conservation measures as input for the modelling of GHG saving potentials (WP1 led by GWS). Furthermore, Ecologic Institute is responsible for the scientific support of the European Resource Forum in 2022 and 2024 including the development of background papers.

Scientific Accompanying Research on Current Discourses on Resource Conservation

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This report documents the results of three social-empirical research phases, which were carried out as work package 3 in the project "Trend Radar Resource Policy". In each case, citizens from all social milieus were surveyed within the framework of Moderated Research Online Communities on their assessment of trends identified in the project that are relevant to the use of natural resources and on the acceptance of political measures to conserve resources. The results show a high level of willingness to do more individually to protect natural resources, but also the expectation that politicians will create binding framework conditions for this.

Ergebnisse der sozial-empirischen Fundierungen

Teilbericht aus dem Projekt: "Trendradar Ressourcenpolitik"

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