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Adaptation

Climate

International Development

Water

River Basins and Financial Redistribution in Practice (EcoCuencas)

January 2015 to December 2017

This project aims at strengthening the financing of River Basin Organisations (RBOs) in Latin America. Adequate financing of RBOs is crucial for improving water management and increasing local capacities to prepare for and adapt to climate change. In order to achieve this aim, political and stakeholder dialogues on the role of financing in integrated water resources management will be facilitated, a guide on financing mechanisms will be developed and tested, and the relevance of financing mechanisms demonstrated in four pilot river basins. Best practice examples from Latin America and abroad will be collected and disseminated in the region.Read more

Event

International Development

Public Diplomacy

The Energy Transition in Germany: Visitors Program for Members of the South African Energy Committee

TimeLoc

24 November 2014 to 28 November 2014

Berlin und Hamburg

Germany

Speaker

R. Andreas Kraemer

From 24 to 28 November 2014, Ecologic Institute implemented a study trip for 8 members of the South African Energy Committee. Participants were able to meet and discuss with representatives from ministries, think tanks, NGOs and business representatives in Berlin and Hamburg. Both national policies and examples of local and regional implementation of the German energy policy were highlighted while taking into consideration opportunities and challenges for South Africa.Read more

Publication

Report

Biodiversity

International Development

Health

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Biodiversity

The Role of Biodiversity in Future Development

The relationship between biodiversity and human wellbeing is multifaceted and assumes diverse forms across and within populations. In developing countries, for example, biodiversity and natural resources often constitute the basis of people’s livelihoods and thus their material wellbeing. Many individuals also feel a cultural, spiritual, or religious relationship with nature and assign it an inherent value. This study explores these diverse perceptions of biodiversity and its value. The findings serve to advance discussions on how development cooperation can more effectively integrate these views and therewith improve biodiversity and nature conservation. The study is available for download.Read more

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International Development

Sustainability

RNE - Global and National Sustainable Development Goals and Expectations to the Institutions and Processes in Germany

November 2014 to January 2015

In September 2015, the United Nations is expected to adopt the Post-2015-Agenda, which will contain universal goals for sustainable development. This agenda will not only set objectives for developing countries but will also address industrialised countries and their sustainability policies. Ecologic Institute supported the Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) in this project in analysing if and how the national sustainability strategy must be adapted and further developed in view of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Read more

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Book

Democracy

International Development

Land Use

Land Grabbing

Der globale Wettlauf um Agrarland

The foreign companies come in numbers. They dispel the people from the rural areas which were used by them for centuries. They don't confer with the indigenous people. The deals are made in hidden chambers. The only things that the locals see are other people with big tractors invading their areas. The sample is available for download.

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International Development

Sustainability

Think-piece to Support the European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN)

October 2014 to November 2014

Within this project Ecologic Institute wrote a think piece, that draws together evidence on the state of the economy, society and the environment to show that the EU's multiple challenges may be tackled simultaneously by the use of policy changes to change the direction of market demand.

Event

Climate Talk

Climate

International Development

Taking Stock of the UN Climate Talks Towards Paris 2015: Ambition Before and After 2020

TimeLoc

15 October 2014

Berlin

Germany

Speaker

Mark Jariabka

Miriam Medel

Maria Theresa Nera-Lauron

The UN climate negotiations are currently working towards a new global climate agreement, to be concluded at the end of 2015 in Paris. Until then, a marathon of negotiation sessions is scheduled to take place. In the run-up to the third of four rounds of negotiations in October 2014 in Bonn and just a few weeks before the start of the 2014 climate summit in Lima, Peru (COP-22), a group of 30 interested experts came together at Ecologic Institute for a Climate Talk to take stock.Read more

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Adaptation

Climate

International Development

Governance

Water

Integrated Water Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation

October 2014 to October 2016

Countries such as Bangladesh face fundamental threats on their water resources from climate change. Significant demand exists for knowledge how to enhance institutional capacity and effectiveness of water management policies. This project objective is to investigate how Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in different national contexts can enhance the capacity of different societies to adapt to climate change impacts. This project establishes therefore an international network of IWRM and adaptation experts and coordinates research events in six countries. In addition, it aims toRead more

Event

Workshop

Climate

International Development

Training for Lebanese Climate Negotiators 2014

TimeLoc

24 September 2014 to 25 September 2014

Beirut

Lebanon

In September 2014, Dr. Camilla Bausch and Lena Donat conducted a 2-days training to enhance the negotiation skills of Lebanese negotiators at the international negotiations on climate change. The final workshop report is available for download.Read more

Presentation

Lecture

Cities

International Development

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Locking in or Helping Shift? Trends and Developments Affecting Sustainable Resource Use and Degrowth

TimeLoc

4 September 2014

Leipzig

Germany

Dr. Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers

Susanne Langsdorf

A new economic paradigm and its multiple facets for future development were intensively discussed at the international "Degrowth Conference" in Leipzig from 2. until 6. September 2014. The Ecologic Institute contributed through presentations, workshops and moderations. Dr. Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers and Susanne Langsdorf presented results obtained in a "Horizon Scanning"-exercise done as part of the SimRess-project. The presentation slides are available for download.Read more