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German Climate & Energy Policy – the Road Ahead

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1 November 2017

Fairfax, Virginia

United States

Elizabeth Zelljadt

George Mason University's "German Campus Weeks" program, sponsored by the German embassy, featured a presentation on climate and energy policy by Ecologic Institute's Elizabeth Zelljadt. She explained Germany's energy transition (Energiewende) and the country's role in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to about 40 undergraduates. Read more

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Climate

Climate Change and Innovation: A post-Paris Agenda

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26 September 2016 to 5 October 2016

Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton

Canada

Dr. Camilla Bausch

"Climate Change and Innovation: A post-Paris Agenda" was the topic of the Ottawa Climate Talk, which featured Dr. Camilla Bausch of Ecologic Institute as key-note speaker. It was part of a speaking tour in three provinces in Canada. Discussing topics such as innovation and national and municipal climate and energy policies, Dr. Bausch traded ideas and insights in Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton. This visit came at a dynamic time in Canadian policy making, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a federal ultimatum for provinces to introduce a carbon pricing plan by 2018 and MPs voted 207 to 81 to back the Paris Agreement.

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Ecologic University Course on Think Tanks Policy Consulting (2015/2016)

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Winter Term 2015/2016

1 October 2015 to 29 February 2016

Bremen

Germany

Doris Knoblauch

Evelyn Lukat

Learning everything from books? Not at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen which emphasizes the incorporation of practical knowledge into students’ academic routine. It provides students with added value as it illustrates future career opportunities. Therefore, Doris Knoblauch and Evelyn Lukat, senior fellow and researcher at Ecologic Institute, organized the seminar "Think Tank Policy Consulting" in 2015/2016. It was the sixth time that the seminar was held by employees of Ecologic Institute.Read more

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Education

Water

Water and River Basin Management Policy

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21 September 2015

Potsdam

Germany

Dr. Eleftheria Kampa

On 21 September 2015, Dr. Eleftheria Kampa, Senior Fellow at Ecologic, gave a lecture on EU water and river basin management policy at the Potsdam Summer School on Facing Natural Hazards (14 - 23 September 2015). The presentation slides are available for download.Read more

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Energy and Climate Finance

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spring term 2014

1 January 2014 to 31 May 2015

Washington, DC

United States

Elizabeth Zelljadt

The course Energy and Climate Finance introduces students to environmental markets and the policies that create them, focusing mainly on emissions trading systems (ETS) to mitigate climate change. The course also provides an introduction to attributes of the financial sector through its analysis of markets for environmental commodities. Ecologic Fellow Elizabeth Zelljadt has taught this course in summer 2014.Read more

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Ecologic University Course on Think Tanks Policy Consulting (2014)

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Winter Term 2014/15

9 December 2014

Bremen

Germany

Christiane Gerstetter

Susanne Langsdorf

What does policy consultancy mean in practice? What is a think tank and what does it do? Christiane Gerstetter and Susanne Langsdorf discuss these and other questions with students of the bachelor program "Internationales Politikmanagement" (ISPM) at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. About 20 students participate in the seminar "Policy consulting in intermediary organisations".Read more

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Consumer Policy

Sustainability

More or Less? Changing Consumer Behaviour

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26 November 2014

Vienna

Austria

Katharina Umpfenbach

How can policy shape consumer behaviour towards more sustainable choices? In a lecture at this year's Science Event in Vienna, Katharina Umpfenbach discussed the contribution of recent scientific findings of behavioural economics, sociology and psychology to this debate. Hosted by Austria's Umweltbundesamt and ORF the Science event brought together scientists and practitioners working in local initiatives to explore how societal transformation towards sustainability could be achieved. The presentation slides are available for download.Read more

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

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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

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Transformations of the Ecology Movement: the Development of Environmental Policy Consultancy

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14 November 2014

Berlin

Germany

Susanne Langsdorf

Doris Knoblauch

From 14 to 15 November 2014 the conference, "Transformations of the Ecology Movement: from the 'Limits to Growth' to the Rio Conference," took place in the Archiv Grünes Gedächtnis (Green Memory Archive) of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin. Doris Knoblauch and Susanne Langsdorf (both of Ecologic Institute) presented two articles on the development of environmental policy consultancy in Germany, which were written for the project "From 'The Blue Sky above the Ruhr' to the 'Energiewende.'"Read more

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Climate Change and Hydro-conflicts – the Research Project CLICO

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7 July 2014

Berlin

Germany

Christiane Gerstetter

On 7 July 2014, Christiane Gerstetter, Senior Fellow of the Ecologic Institute, presented the EU-funded project "Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security (CLICO)" to a group of students, which are members of different German academic foundations. In CLICO, the Ecologic Institute was the leader of one work package conducting a policy analysis and giving policy recommendations. The presentation is available for download.Read more