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Study on the EU-US Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

July 2013 to October 2013

In this project, Ecologic Institute and BIO IS have been commissioned by the European Parliament to investigate the potential impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the EU’s environmental and food safety policies and the EU’s right to regulate. TTIP is being negotiated between the US and the EU. The study provides recommendations regarding the role of the European Parliament in the negotiation of TTIP. The study is available for download.

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Event

Transatlantic Program

The New Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A Focus on the Environment

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13 June 2013

Berlin

Germany

On 13 June 2013, the AICGS Business & Economics Program and the Ecologic Institute hosted a workshop entitled "The New Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A Focus on the Environment" at the Ecologic Institute Berlin office. Environmental aspects have not always been a primary consideration in international trade and investment agreements. The event was thus aimed at ensuring environmental...Read more

Presentation

Panel discussion

Finance

Trade

The New Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A Focus on the Environment

TimeLoc

13 June 2013

Berlin

Germany

R. Andreas Kraemer

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

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Presentation

Discussion on TTIP in the European Parliament

TimeLoc

5 June 2013

Brussels

Belgium

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

On 5 June 2013, Christiane Gerstetter of Ecologic Institute participated in a panel discussion in the European Parliament on the planned EU–US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement. Her input focused on ways to ensure that the agreement incorporates and results in some environmental benefits. The discussion was organized by the Greens/EFA as part of a series of similar events in Berlin and Paris.

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Event

Discussion

Finance

Trade

Transatlantic Program

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - Impacts on the Clean Energy Economy

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25 April 2013

New York

United States

Cultural Vistas and Ecologic Institute held a conversation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Clean Energy Economy on Thursday, April 25 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the Cultural Vistas Headquarters in New York. The discussion focussed on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its potential economic and political effects, as well as the...Read more

Event

Transatlantic Program

The New Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Aligning Investment, Patents, and Privacy Protection

TimeLoc

23 April 2013

Washington, DC

United States

Speaker

Dr. Jack Janes

R. Andreas Kraemer

Michael Mehling, LLM

On 23 April 2013 AICGS and the Ecologic Institute hosted an afternoon workshop on "The New Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Aligning Investment, Patents, and Privacy Protection" in Washington, DC. The workshop was comprised of two panels. Panel One discussed "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Protection" and Panel Two examined "Patents, Copyrights, and Privacy." Most panelists expressed their support for the...Read more

Event

Leveraging Funding for Renewables

TimeLoc

16 April 2013

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Reed Hundt

Max Grünig

Reed Hundt, CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, presented at an Ecologic Transatlantic Breakfast on 16 April 2013 in Berlin how private funds can be steered towards financing large scale deployment of renewable energies; building on the model used to unleash the telecommunications revolution, the energy sector needs to undergo a...Read more

Publication

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Respecting Planetary Boundaries

EU policy pathways to DYNAMIX 2050 vision

This infographic was developed within the project "DYNAmic policy MIXes for Absolute Decoupling of Environmental Impact of EU Resource Use from Economic Growth (DYNAMIX)". It communicates 5 key targets regarding resource use and visualizes that there are different pathways to an economy that respects planetary boundaries. Different versions of the infographic were developed for use in online and print media, as well as a version with reduced text for PowerPoint presentations.Read more

Publication

Financing Sustainable Transportation: An Overview of Finance Mechanisms and Cases from the U.S. and Germany

This policy report compares approaches to sustainable transportation financing in the U.S. and Germany, with a focus on Northern Virginia and the Stuttgart region. Max Gruenig and Dominic Marcellino, Senior Fellow Ecologic Institute Berlin and Fellow Ecologic Institute Washington DC respectively, are co-authors with Andrea Broaddus, PhD Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley. The policy report is available for download.Read more

Event

Discussion

International Development

Governance

Finance

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Book Presentation: "Gross Domestic Problem" by Lorenzo Fioramonti

TimeLoc

21 January 2013

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Prof. Lorenzo Fioramonti

The Ecologic Institute invited Prof. Lorenzo Fioramonti from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, to introduce his new book "Gross Domestic Problem". This book about the "world’s most powerful number" (GDP) argues that the political interests behind GDP are an important reason why it has remained dominant as a welfare indicator.

Professor Fioramonti gave a brief presentation of his book, and...Read more