Discussion | Ecologic Institute: Science and Policy for a Sustainable World

Several recent regional trade agreements (RTAs) include provisions on clean energy and on climate action. They may take the form of concrete commitments of reductions of tariffs or non-tariff barriers, or of commitments on institutional collaboration. Many RTAs also contain institutional provisions which are also of relevance to the implementation of existing environmental, including climate-related, commitments. As such, they constitute important opportunities for trade policy to contribute concretely and positively to a scale-up of clean energy and foster climate action.Read more

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Discussion

Climate

Environmental Law

Ecologic Legal

Obligations of States to Avert Climate Change

TimeLoc

15 September 2015

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

In the "Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations," a group of high-level lawyers and philosophers addresses obligations of States and enterprises to avert the critical level of climate change – irrespective of already existing obligations resulting from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or a (potential) follow-up agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. The group argues that existing legal sources including human rights law, environmental law and tort law oblige states to take measures leading to drastic emissions reductions that ensure that the global temperature increase does not exceed pre-industrial temperatures by more than 2°C.Read more

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Conditional INDCs – A New and Unknown Element of the Paris-System

TimeLoc

9 September 2015

Berlin

Germany

The third expert workshop of the discussion series "Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond" dealt with the topic "Conditional INDCs – A new and unknown element of the Paris-System." The event took place on 9 September 2015 in Berlin.Read more

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Shifts in the Tar Sands

TimeLoc

25 August 2015

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Binnu Jeyakumar

The Canadian province of Alberta is well-known for being the home of the country’s current Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, and the infamous tar sands. The traditionally conservative province has been criticized for its contribution to climate change. Binnu Jeyakumar, Consulting Advisor at Pembina Institute, led a discussion on this topic at Ecologic Institute. The seminar focused on the current political change in Alberta and its implications for the province’s involvement in the fight against climate change.Read more

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National Mitigation Commitments and MRV – The Political Relevance of Technical Rules

TimeLoc

23 June 2015

Berlin

Germany

The second expert workshop of the discussion series “Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond” dealt with the topic “National mitigation commitments and MRV – The political relevance of technical rules”. The event took place on 23 June 2015in Berlin.Read more

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The German Energy Transition: Debating Implications for New York State

TimeLoc

29 April 2015

New York

United States

On 29 April 2015, Ecologic Institute US and the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University School of Law hosted a discussion about the German Energiewende (Energy Transition). The event provided an opportunity for participants to speak with experts with first-hand insight into the Energiewende and the lessons it may hold for policymakers in New York State, currently pursuing their own comprehensive energy reforms. A summary and a video of the discussion are available for download.Read more

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Paris 2015 – Signals for Non-state Actors?

TimeLoc

15 April 2015

Berlin

Germany

The first expert workshop of the discussion series "Improving climate protection – for Paris and beyond" dealt with the topic "Paris 2015 – Signals for non-state actors?" The event took place on 15 April 2015 in Berlin.Read more

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Discussion

Energy

Global Environment

The Geopolitics of Energy: A German and American Perspective

TimeLoc

27 February 2015

Washington DC

United States

On 27 February 2015, experts from Germany and the United States joined in Washington, D.C. at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss their work as it related to the conference theme, The Geopolitics of Energy. This conference was sponsored by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University with participation by Ecologic Institute Berlin.Read more

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Discussion

Democracy

Foreign Policy

Launch of the Global Go To Index Report 2015

TimeLoc

22 January 2015

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

R. Andreas Kraemer

On 22 January 2015, R. Andreas Kraemer presented the 2014 Global Go To Index Report of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, the University of Pennsylvania ((TTCSP). TTCSP launched its 2014 Report in the USA at the same day. Simultaneously, more than 50 global partners implemented local events to present the report in the national language and to discuss it with leading think tank representatives in a regional context.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