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Governance

Coastal + Marine

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Governance Schemes and Measures for the Prevention of Marine Litter – Case Study Germany

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14 November 2014

Berlin

Germany

Stefanie Schmidt

On 14 November 2014 the workshop "model examples for prevention and management of marine litter in the Baltic and North" was held at Ecologic Institute in Berlin. Stefanie Schmidt presented "Governance schemes and measures for the prevention of marine litter -case study Germany," which were analyzed in the context of CLEANSEA. Following her presentation, she discussed with participating stakeholders from government, industry, academia and environmental organizations, the strengths and weaknesses of the existing approach and considered need and options for action. The presentation slides are available for download.Read more

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Chairing

Coastal + Marine

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Introduction and Aim – CleanSea-Workshop

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14 November 2014

Berlin

Germany

Susanne Altvater, Ass.iur.

Susanne Altvater from Ecologic Institute moderated a workshop of the CleanSea project team with stakeholders of the German administration, industry, science community and NGOs. She presented aims and tasks of the CleanSea project. The presentation slides can be downloaded. Read more

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Speech

Coastal + Marine

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Model Cases for the Prevention and Management of Marine Litter in the Mediterranean, Baltic and North Sea

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14 November 2014

Berlin

Germany

Ina Krüger

Ina Krüger's presentation gives a brief introduction to the ongoing works on task 5.2 of the CleanSea project, for which model cases are analysed concerning their current and possible future contribution to the prevention and management of marine litter in the Mediterranean, Baltic and North Sea. In the first part of this presentation the preliminary results of the analysis matrix are presented. In the second part, a model case on the collection and recycling of ghost nets is analysed and discussed in depth. The presentation slides are available for download.Read more

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Discussion

Coastal + Marine

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Best Practice Examples of Prevention and Management of Marine Litter in the Baltic and the North Sea

TimeLoc

14 November 2014

Berlin

Germany

How can model cases contribute to the reduction and management of marine litter? And what added benefit do they offer to current policies and management approaches? These questions were discussed by stakeholders from German administration, industry, scientific community, and environmental NGOs together with the project team of CleanSea during a workshop on 14 November 2014 at Ecologic Institute in Berlin....Read more

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Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in EU Coastal Areas

The European Union is in a unique position to support and coordinate Member State efforts to develop Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies, as well as support collaboration on the development and sharing of knowledge, standards and cost-effective tools. This finding and other key messages are presented in a new policy brief for EU policy makers, prepared as part of the EU FP7 Collaborative project RISC-KIT (Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts-Toolkit) and in collaboration with PEARL (Preparing for Extreme and Rare events in coastaL regions). The policy brief is available for download.Read more

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Youth in the Arctic: A Discussion Connecting the Leaders of Tomorrow and Today

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31 October 2014

Reykjavik

Iceland

The Arctic Climate Change Emerging Leaders Fellowship (ACCEL), Barents Regional Youth Council, Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), Reykjavik University, and Youth Arctic Coalition convened a workshop as well as a question and answer session with Admiral Robert J. Papp, U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic and the top U.S. Government Arctic official. The session took place at the 2014 Arctic Circle Assembly on 31 October 2014. A video of the event is available online.Read more

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Report

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Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Water

Public Participation: Contributing to Better Water Management

Experiences from eight case studies across Europe

As part of its work under the European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal, and Marine waters (ETC/ICM), Ecologic Institute supported the European Environment Agency (EEA) in an assessment of public participation processes in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). This resulted in a report covering theoretical aspects of public participation as well as an analysis of 8 case studies from across the EU. The report was reviewed by a series of WFD experts from various EU Member States. The article is available for download.Read more

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RADOST Kommunale Anpassungsstrategien im Vergleich

Inhaltsanalytische Betrachtungen von neun Anpassungsstrategien in Küstenregionen

Stelljes, Nico (2014): Kommunale Anpassungsstrategien im Vergleich - Inhaltsanalytische Betrachtung von neun Anpassungsstrategien in Küstenregionen. Berlin. RADOST-Journal Series, Journal No. 31.

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Report

Adaptation

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Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Water

Marine Resource Management and Coastal Livelihoods: an Atlantic Perspective

Tedsen, Elizabeth et al. 2014: “Marine resource management and coastal livelihoods: an Atlantic perspective”. ATLANTIC FUTURE scientific paper, Vol. 15, 66.Read more

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Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Water

Climate Change Impacts in the Atlantic Basin and Coordinated Adaptation Responses

Stefes, Christoph; Andrew Reid; Lucy Smith and Elizabeth Tedsen 2014: “Climate change impacts in the Atlantic Basin and coordinated adaptation responses”. ATLANTIC FUTURE scientific paper, Vol. 16, 56.Read more