This infographic summarizes the information on build-out flow and bypass flow at sites entered in the Atlas Fish Protection & Downstream Fish. The proportionate flow rate corresponds to the percentage of the bypass flow rate in relation to the development flow rate. The infographic is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

This infographic summarizes the data on the monitoring studies, differentiated by screen bar spacing and build-out flow rate at the sites entered in the Atlas Fish Protection & Downstream Fish up to a build-out flow rate of 200 m³/s. The infographic is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

This infographic evaluates the information on the type of fish protection systems at the sites listed in the Atlas of Fish Protection & Downstream Fish. The infographic is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

This infographic shows the dimensions of the screen field, entered in the Atlas of Fish Protection & Downstream Fish, for 37 sites. The resulting screen widths are between 2.35 m and 51.9 m and the screen heights are between 0.8 m and 12.20 m. The infographic is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

For 65 sites, the rake bar spacing is given in the atlas. This is registered in five classes. This infographic visualizes the information. The infographic is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

This infographic evaluates the information on the aspects of the monitoring studies (multiple answers possible) at the sites entered in the Atlas of Fish Protection & Downstream Fishways. The infographic is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

The illustration provides an overview of the information structure of the Atlas sites. It is part of a fact sheet on fish protection and downstream fish migration measures.

The European Commission's Fit for 55 package proposes two significant reforms to energy pricing in the EU: Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) reform; and extending emissions trading to cover emissions from buildings and road transport (ETS2). A concern among stakeholders is how these reforms would impact lower income households. Various policy mechanisms are under consideration to help address potential distributional impacts. Based on a microsimulation model developed by the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) with IEEP, this report analyses a series of reform scenarios supported by graphical depictions of their distributional effects in Germany.

The World Water Day, was introduced by the United Nations in 1992 to remind people of water as an essential resource for life. For this year's theme "Groundwater – making the invisible visible", Ecologic Institute co-organized a webinar to present an augmented reality app that was developed as part of the project Digital Water City (DWC). The webinar was moderated by Alexander Sperlich (BWB) and Dr. Ulf Stein (Ecologic Institute).

In an integrated global economy, trade policy and climate policy are closely intertwined. In this paper, Ecologic Institute's Dr. Michael Jakob adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide an overview of the key debates in economics, political science, and legal studies related to globalization and climate change. He identifies a number of emerging issues that deserve increased attention in future research in this direction.

Exciting news: We are developing an Urban Governance Atlas for nature-based solutions as part of the INTERLACE project … and we want you to be a part of it! The Urban Governance Atlas (UGA) will be an interactive online database of around 250 good practice policy instruments that support the use of nature-based solutions (NBS) for urban ecosystem restoration and more inclusive green space planning.

In the article "Will Russia's War Spur Europe to Move on Green Energy?" by Paul Hockenos, R. Andreas Kraemer and Sascha Müller-Kraenner, both founders of Ecologic Institute, explain the opportunities and possible paths for an accelerated energy transition and independence from Russian gas.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to take a heavy toll, the heads of state and government gathering in Versailles today and tomorrow (10-11 March 2022) will need to take actions that support Ukraine while also shoring up the bloc's own strategic autonomy from Moscow. The European Green Deal will be crucial for the success of this strategy. This op-ed, which is available online, explains why.

This introductory overview of international soil governance first outlines essential features of international governance by Dr. Ralph Bodle. At the international level, there is no overarching central or superior authority. Rules and other measures normally do not have direct effect at national level; they need to be implemented by their addressees. In contrast to other environmental topics, states have for a long time been reluctant to engage in soil governance at the international level. As a result, international soil governance is piecemeal and spread over parts of different institutions and processes, each of which has limitations. The Sustainable Development Goal “land degradation neutrality” on its own is not a comprehensive soil policy, but its forward-looking planning element in particular is a useful starting point for guiding national policies and further work. While binding rules are not an end in itself, new treaty obligations relating to soil protection could be useful to address gaps and shortcomings in current governance and focus international commitments. Climate change provides an opportunity to increase soil protection e.g. through the climate regime, but there are also risks if soil protection was pursued solely from a climate perspective.

This report identifies various risks that climate change impacts pose to the critical electric infrastructure in Germany and the United States, including the generation, transmission and distribution facilities, and suggests a political course that both countries can follow. The American States of California and Texas are used as case studies in this report.