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Global Environment

Governance

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Sustainability

Developing Countries in the Lead – What Drives the Diffusion of Plastic Bag Policies?

While diffusion patterns are quite well understood in the context of the Global North, diffusion research has only been applied to a limited extent to investigate how policies spread across developing countries. Ecologic Institute's Doris Knoblauch, Linda Mederake and Ulf Stein therefore analyze the diffusion patterns of plastic bag bans and taxes in the Global South and Global North to contribute to the further refinement of diffusion theory by specifically addressing the under-researched Global South. The article is available for download.Read more

Publication

Plastic in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions

BMBF Research Focus

Ecologic Institute designed a promotional flyer in 3-fold flyer format as part of the visual identity for the project "Plastic in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions." The flyer summarizes the general objectives and aims of the project, contains a list of partners and contact information and is styled according to the project style-guide.Read more

Presentation

Panel discussion

Climate

Global Environment

Poetry Talk: World Climate Summit of Poetry

TimeLoc

26 May 2018

Berlin

Germany

Daniela Seel

Arne Riedel, LLM

Instances of extreme temperatures and hurricanes are increasing. Polar ice masses are withdrawing further, climate change is threatening mankind. At the 19th Poetry Festival Berlin, poets talked with Daniela Seel (editor and poet) and Arne Riedel (Ecologic Institute) in a "Poetry Talk: World Climate Summit of Poetry". The discussion touched upon the potential of poetry to connect people emotionally to climate change and how it can generate attention for this topic.Read more

Event

Workshop

Cities

International Development

Global Environment

Governance

Land Use

Regional Food Systems and Sustainable Land Use in the Rural Urban Nexus

TimeLoc

11 April 2018

Berlin

Germany

The workshop "Regional Food Systems and Sustainable Land Use in the Rural Urban Nexus" on 11 April 2018 discussed the potential that food systems can play to improve rural urban linkages. The workshop aimed to discuss the available insights at international level about success factors of regional food policies and if these are also relevant in the German context. To do so, the workshop brought together local policy makers, federal policy makers as well as participants from research and civil society. Stephanie Wunder, Senior Fellow at the Ecologic Institute and project leader of the Rural Urban Nexus project, presented success factors known from international examples and studies that promote rural urban linkages through regional food systems. Read more

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Discussion

Democracy

Global Environment

Transatlantic Program

2017 Global Think Tank Ranking

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30 January 2018

Berlin

Germany

Ecologic Institute has been ranked 7th among Top Environment Policy Think Tanks in the 2017 Global Think Tank Ranking of the University of Pennsylvania. Ecologic Institute is proud to be among the Top Ten for the 8th year in a row. The results and the respective report were released on 30 January 2018, with launch events worldwide in over 100 cities. The Berlin launch was hosted by Ecologic Institute and the European Council on Foreign Relations, with support by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.Read more

Event

Transatlantic Program

Energy Policy in Germany – Information Tour for Canadian and US American Legislators

TimeLoc

10 December 2017 to 16 December 2017

Berlin, Freiburg

Germany

Shortly before Christmas 2017, decision makers from the Midwest in the USA and Canada took the opportunity to come to Germany and get a feel for the many different facets and recent developments of German energy policy. The group consisted of US representatives from Illinois, Kansas and Wisconsin, as well as Canadian members of the legislative assembly from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. During the tour, participants were able to meet and engage with representatives from federal ministries and agencies, municipalities, the German parliament, think tanks, as well as businesses and embassies.Read more

Project

International Development

Transatlantic Program

R. Andreas Kraemer on Atlantic Dialogues Advisory Board, Morocco

December 2017 to December 2022

Annually since 2012, the Policy Center for the New South, previously known as OCP Policy Center, holds its Atlantic Dialogues conference in Morocco. In 2017, it established the Atlantic Dialogues Advisory Board (AD-AB). R. Andreas Kraemer, Founder and Director Emeritus of Ecologic Institute, was appointed and now serves on the Atlantic Dialogues Advisory Board.Read more

Project

International Development

Global Environment

Indicators

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Sustainability

Elaborating Strategies and Contributions to Implement SDG12 on the National Level for Germany

November 2017 to November 2020

The project "Elaborating strategies and contributions to implement SDG12 (responsible consumption and production) on the national level for Germany" aims at setting up a systematic monitoring for implementing SDG12 on the national level for Germany and thus support the German Environment Ministry as the leading department in developing positions for national and international discussions.Read more

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Website

Global Environment

Indicators

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Trade

Global Material Flows and Demand-supply Forecasting for Mineral Strategies (MinFuture) – Website

minfuture.eu

The MinFuture website provides an overview of the project objectives, structure and partners as well as events and news related to relevant issues of the project. Furthermore, project outputs such as deliverables, policy briefs and publications are regularly promoted on the website. Ecologic Institute is responsible for the concept, design and programming.Read more

Project

Climate

Global Environment

Policy Assessment

Implications of the Paris Agreement for National Climate Protection Ambition

October 2017 to December 2019

In 2018 the "Implications of the Paris Agreement for national climate protection ambition" project is rolled out in support of the Talanoa Dialogue and these 8 countries will be examined carefully: the EU, Germany, China, USA, Canada, Japan, India and Brasil. How are they implementing the Paris Agreement? Can these contributions secure a 1.5-2°C degree world? Who is a climate leader, and who isn't? This new project will shed light on the actual climate impact of said countries mitigation efforts and their level of ambition.Read more