Contribution to the 2011 Flagship Survey of the German Advisory Council on Global Change

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Contribution to the 2011 Flagship Survey of the German Advisory Council on Global Change

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Ecologic Institute contributed to the main survey of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen, WBGU) for 2011. In its analysis for the WBGU, Ecologic Institute analyzed the American, British, Chinese, German, Japanese and South Korean economic and financial stimulus packages and their environmental implications. The analysis is available for download.

In its survey, "World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability", the WBGU argues for the necessity of a post-carbon economy. It also shows that the transition to sustainability is feasible and presents a series of concrete measures in ten different categories.

The analysis in German [pdf, 5.1 MB] and English [pdf, 4.8 MB], including a summary in English is available for download at the website of the German Advisory Council on Global Change.

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Katharina Umpfenbach
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Green Economy, Low-Carbon Economy, Stimulus Packages, Transformation
Germany, UK, USA, Japan, South Korea, China
PublicationDocument Analyse der Konjunkturprogramme zur Bewältigung der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise aus Umweltsicht
 
This brief expert report analyses the extent to which the economic stimulus packages launched in 2009 have the potential to drive forward a fundamental and sustainable transformation of the economy or to create new "path dependencies", i.e. to encourage businesses to... Read more

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils; Michael Mehling and Katharina Umpfenbach 2009: Analyse der Konjunkturprogramme zur Bewältigung der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise aus Umweltsicht. Expertise für das WBGU-Hauptgutachten "Welt im Wandel: Gesellschaftsvertrag für eine Große Transformation". Berlin: Ecologic Institute.