Evaluation
Effective environmental policy-making relies on regular reviews both during and after implementation. Ecologic Institute carries out evaluations to critically examine objectives, impacts, successes, and failures of policies, projects, and institutions. We employ both established and innovative methods in our evaluation work, drawing on approaches from a range of disciplines. Our varied expertise and interdisciplinarity allow us to design novel evaluation processes that produce insightful recommendations.
Ecologic Institute conducts evaluations across a range of policy areas, such as climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, and management of plastic waste. As well as assessing sectoral policies, we also evaluate cross-cutting strategies for sustainability at EU and national level.
Selected Projects for Evaluation
This project analyses the positive economic and social impacts of European Union climate policy based on case studies from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. The focus is on co-benefits in the areas of social policy, employment, environment protection, and health.
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This project provides important input into the Commission report to the European Parliament and Council on the implementation of the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive (2016/2284/EU), which is due by 1 April 2020. Under the NEC Directive, Member States are... Read more
Analysis of Ecosystem Monitoring Data under Article 9 of Directive 2016/2284 (EU)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Environment (DG Environment), International
The National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) are a key tool of the Energy Union Governance towards achieving the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets. All Member State had to submit their drafts by 31 December 2018. The Ecologic Institute, together with CLIMACT,... Read more
National Energy and Climate Plans – A review of EU Member States climate action planning towards 2030
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European Climate Foundation (ECF), International
Retailers play an essential role in shaping product decisions via their own business choices—choices regarding which suppliers to work with, what items to stock, how to manage supply-chain operations, what information to provide to consumers, as well as how their own... Read more
Assessment of 10 Years EU Retail Forum for Sustainability
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European Commission, Directorate-General Environment (DG Environment), International
The 2016 REFIT Evaluation of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) showed that the national implementation is working to a much lower extent than could be expected and with a great variation between the Member States. Under the Multi-Annual Work Programme for the... Read more
Improving Financial Security in the Context of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Environment (DG Environment), International
Using natural resources sustainably in the long term requires applying and scaling-up resource efficient technologies and infrastructures as well as changing behaviour and social practices. Technologies and infrastructure can only then unfold resource savings potential,... Read more
Trend Analysis Resource Policy
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German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
The valuation of damages and risks for the human health caused by environmental pressures is a methodological challenge, as there are no market prices for most of those damages and risks. But a number of economic methods have been developed to estimate and value those... Read more
Methods for the Valuation of the Environmental Burden of Disease
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German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
The BMZ/KFW funded project 'Coastal Protection for Climate Change Adaptation in the Small Island States in the Caribbean' aims to improve coastal ecosystem services to reduce the impacts of climate change in Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the... Read more
Ecosystem Services Assessment for Local Climate Adaptation Measures in the Caribbean
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KfW Development Bank (KfW), Germany Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), International
A consortium including Ecologic Institute has been commissioned by the European Commission to provide support in the evaluation of the contribution of Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Floods Directive ... Read more
Evaluation of the Contribution of EU Rural Development Policy to Water and Flood Policy
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European Commission, Directorate-General Environment (DG Environment), International
Since 2008, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety has financed the National Climate Initiative (NKI in German), in order to achieve its national target of an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by the year 2050. In order... Read more
Strategic Development of the National Climate Initiative
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ProjectHorizon 2020Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Across EU Policies (AQUACROSS)
Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies (AQUACROSS) aims to support EU efforts to protect aquatic biodiversity and ensure the provision of aquatic ecosystem services. Funded by Europe's Horizon 2020... Read more
Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Across EU Policies (AQUACROSS)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
The decarbonization of the German energy system, the so-called German "Energiewende," was officially adopted with the introduction of the "Energy Concept" of September 2010 and the energy policy decisions of June 2011. These decisions foresee the development of a highly... Read more
Support to the Expert Commission on the "Energy of the Future" Monitoring Process
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Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), Germany
In 2015 and 2016, Ecologic Institute supported the European Commission in the assessment of compliance of proposals for LIFE Integrated Projects in the areas of Nature and Water with technical and financial eligibility criteria.
Nature Integrated Projects should aim... Read more
Evaluation of LIFE Integrated Projects (IPE and IPC evaluation)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Environment (DG Environment), International
Initiatives such as the Green Growth Platform (GGP) aim to positively influence political and economic decision-making. They can play an important role in shaping the ambition and structure of policy initiatives. In the absence of directly observable influences, it is... Read more
Evaluation of the Green Growth Platform
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ProjectHorizon 2020Coordination of International Research Cooperation on soil Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture (CIRCASA)
Soils are an enormous reservoir of carbon, containing nearly twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. Preventing soil carbon from entering the atmosphere is essential for climate mitigation efforts. Moreover, agricultural soils also carry a large potential for additional... Read more
Coordination of International Research Cooperation on soil Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture (CIRCASA)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
In the last few years, regulation of European financial markets has evolved – primarily through the adoption of the second EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and further EU Directives and Regulations, including those on market abuse and money... Read more
Economic Implications of Regulation in the Carbon Market
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German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
The Ecologic Institute evaluated and supported the implementation of auctions in the EU's emissions trading scheme third trading period in the aviation sector and for stationary sources, focusing on economic aspects. In this context, Ecologic Institute assessed... Read more
Evaluation of the Implementation of Auctions in EU ETS
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German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Selected Publications for Evaluation
The introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) is one way to significantly reduce emissions from cars — if combined with a transition to a renewable electricity system — thus helping countries meet their climate and air quality goals. Numerous governments around the world... Read more
Velten, Eike Karola, Stoll, Theresa; Meinecke, Lisa (2019): Measures for the promotion of electric vehicles. Ecologic Institute, Berlin. Commissioned by Greenpeace e.V.
This final report addresses the question of how German resource policy could be further developed, based on the studies within the research project "Policies to Strengthen the German Resource Efficiency Program" (PolRess II). Options for further development are shown... Read more
Jacob, Klaus; Rafael Postpischil unter Mitarbeit von Lisa Graaf; Friedhelm Keimeyer, Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers (2019) Governance einer effizienten und nachhaltigen Ressourcennutzung. Abschlussbericht im Projekt Ressourcenpolitik 2 (PolRess 2). www.ressourcenpolitik.de.
PublicationReportInternet der Dienste und Dinge und Erfüllung von Umweltstandards technischer Infrastrukturen – am Beispiel der Landeshauptstadt Schwerin und Umland
This final report presents the results of the research project "Internet of services and things and compliance with environmental standards of technical infrastructures – a concept study for Schwerin and its surroundings". The report is available for download.
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Buhl, Oliver et. al. 2018: Internet der Dienste und Dinge und Erfüllung von Umweltstandards technischer Infrastrukturen – am Beispiel der Landeshauptstadt Schwerin und Umland. Umweltbundesamt: Dessau-Roßlau.
PublicationReportPolicy Evaluation and Tradeoffs to Reduce Environmental Pressures of Shipping in the Baltic Sea
The objective of this report is to provide a socio-economic assessment for the evaluation of policy options that have the potential to reduce environmental pressures from shipping in the Baltic Sea and move towards policy objectives especially on EU and global level.... Read more
Tröltzsch, Jenny et. al. 2015: Report on Policy Evaluation and Tradeoffs to Reduce Environmental Pressures of Shipping in the Baltic Sea. Deliverable 5.3. BONUS Research project Sustainable Shipping and Environment of the Baltic Sea Region (SHEBA).
Ecologic Institute developed a web-based monitoring tool. The tool is used for the online collection of interim and final reports by the funding recipients within the proof of use for the promotion of climate protection projects in social, cultural and public... Read more
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (ed.) 2016: Monitoring-Tool. Datenerfassung und -analyse für die Kommunalrichtlinie. URL: https://nki-monitoring.de
Selected Presentations for Evaluation
Ecologic Institute researchers presented interim results of the project: CO-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs (COACCH) at the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) 2019 in Lisbon (Portugal). The presentations covered first experiences from... Read more
Speech:Co-Design of Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
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