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Across Europe, national climate advisory bodies exist in many shapes and forms. Most countries have one or more such institutions. While many of the existing advisory bodies bring together a range of stakeholders and cover a broad range of sustainability issues, over the past five years there has been a surge in the creation of independent scientific councils, dedicated to climate policy.

How Can Advisory Bodies Effectively Support Climate Policy?

Report launch and online discussion


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Publication:Report
 
Cover of the Report "Options under International Law to Increase Resource Efficiency"
The study analyses how global governance processes and international law can contribute to reducing resource consumption and making the utilisation of resources more efficient and effective. The study provides a stocktake and assessment of existing international law and of non-legal and certain non-governmental instruments and processes related to resource efficiency of abiotic raw materials and gives an assessment of governance proposals in academic literature. Finally, specific policy options are identified.

Options under International Law to Increase Resource Efficiency

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Publication:Infographic
 
This infographic shows different cleaning elements of the screen cleaning machine, that can either be designed as rakes that grip between the bars, or as brushes or polymer strips that rather sit on the outside of the bar and brush along it.
This infographic shows examples of screen bar shapes for fish protection screens at hydropower sites. The infographic is part of the fact sheet "Technical Functionality of Large Fish Protection Screens Confirmed in Practice."

Flow-optimised Screens Serve Fish Protection and Power Production

Examples of screen bar shapes for fish protection screens at hydropower sites

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Publication:Fact Sheet
 
Cover beach wrack Factsheet
This fact sheet for the project INNOVA illustrates a literature review on the effects of climate change on beach wrack landing on the German Baltic Shore. Beach wrack consists mainly of bladderwrack and seagrass and it is likely that climate change will have various effects on these plants. Aspects like rising water temperature, erosion, changes in salinity, eutrophication or oxygen deficiency are all affected by climate change. This will have direct effects on the composition and amount of beach wrack landing on the Baltic Sea shores.

INNOVA Beach Wrack Fact Sheet

Kiel Bay: Projected Climate Changes and Impacts on Beach Wrack

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Publication:Article
 
This article gives an example of how to use Segrass in a sustainable way. "Using Seagrass as Insulation Material" by Nico Stelljes is published in the "Baltic Stories Magazine" that is devoted to promoting cooperation around the Baltic Sea, joint initiatives and projects of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). The article is available online.

Using Seagrass as Insulation Material

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Publication:Fact Sheet
 
Cover of the factsheet "What makes a screen to a fish protection screen
This fact sheet examines the functional elements of a fish protection system and explains when a rake is a fish protection rake. The fact sheet "What makes a screen to a fish protection screen" is available for download.

What Makes a Screen to a Fish Protection Screen?

The functional components of a fish protection system

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Publication:Fact Sheet
 
Cover of the Fact Sheet "Technical functionality of large fish protection screens confirmed in practice"
In 2014, the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration was able to develop a common understanding of the size of a screen up to which functioning mechanical fish protection and descent systems, including the necessary cleaning technology, can be implemented. The objective of the research underlying this Fact Sheet 04 was to verify whether the statement of the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration is confirmed in the actual operation of existing fish protection screens. Fact Sheet 04 "Technical functionality of large fish protection screens confirmed in practice" is available for download.

Technical Functionality of Large Fish Protection Screens Confirmed in Practice

Operational experience with large screen systems

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Presentation:Speech
 
Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow of Ecologic Institute, gave a keynote speech at the China-EU Conference on Climate Change Legislation on 29 June 2021. He presented the main features of the Climate Change Act (KSG) and its latest amendments based on the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on 24 March 2021. He also participated in the discussion session after the presentations.

Update on the German Federal Climate Change Act (KSG)


Dr. Stephan Sina

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
Cover of the Policy Brief: Towards Sustainable Adaptation Pathways
Bueb, Benedict, Tröltzsch, Jenny (2021): Policy Brief: Towards Sustainable Adaptation Pathways A Concept for Integrative Actions to Achieve the 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt

Policy Brief: Towards Sustainable Adaptation Pathways

A Concept for Integrative Actions to Achieve the 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework

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Event:Digital Event
 
Graphic of net-zero indicators
How well is the EU doing in its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2050? Are national long-term strategies and national energy and climate plans up to the task? Are the recovery efforts in line with this goal? Across EU policy, a range of processes are in the process of developing methods to assess progress towards climate neutrality – but there is no integrated set of "net zero indicators" being developed to do the job. And simple greenhouse gas emission data is not enough to judge whether the necessary transition is happening "under the hood" of Europe's economic sectors.

Measuring Progress towards Climate Neutrality

How net zero indicators can improve planning and reporting in EU climate policy


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Publication:Report
 
Cover Measuring Progress Towards Climate Neutrality Part II
Achieving climate neutrality requires structural changes to our economic system, with solutions that work across sectors. Ecologic Institute has developed an assessment matrix based on net zero indicators that can measure climate neutrality, and proposes ways to integrate this framework into existing EU policy processes.

Measuring Progress towards Climate Neutrality – Part II

Integrating indicators in EU governance processes

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Publication:Report
 
1st page of the summary report "Measuring progress towards climate neutrality" with logos, text and infographic
Achieving climate neutrality requires structural changes to our economic system, with solutions that work across sectors. Ecologic Institute has developed an assessment matrix based on net zero indicators that can measure climate neutrality, and proposes ways to integrate this framework into existing EU policy processes.

Measuring Progress towards Climate Neutrality

How net zero indicators can improve planning and reporting in EU climate policy

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