The European Union-funded project DEMEAU kicked off on 8 and 9 November 2012 at Dunea, the water utility of The Hague and its surrounding area. This event marked the beginning of a three-year demonstration of promising technologies that tackle emerging pollutants in water and wastewater.

From 23 until 26 October 2012 the conference 'Taking stock' on the future of the EU Common Fisheries Policy was held in Lübeck as part of a series of seminars for European journalists. The conference was organized by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) in collaboration with the Ecologic Institute.

The 18-month ICITE project culminated with a conference in Brussels from 30 May to 1 June 2012. The conference included 16 Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy (ELEEP) Network members and several participants from the previous ICITE study tours.

<p>On 26 April 2012 in Bonn, Germany, the opening event of the newly begun Forum on "Fish Protection and Downstream Fish Migration" took place on the premises of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Safety (BMU). Approximately 120 participants, including representatives of water utilities, other departments of the federal and state governments, fisheries, trade organizations, and the energy industry in addition to other scientists and engineers, met at the conference center in Bonn to discuss the main themes of the forum and hear the opinions of external experts.</p>&#13;

<p>As an component of the project &quot;Scientific Analyses of EU Climate and Energy Package&quot;, Ecologic Institute is organizing a series of events. This series aims to strengthen the energy and climate dialogue between Germany and other EU Member States. The first conference was held in Budapest on 30 and 31 January 2012.</p>