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Plastics Crisis? – Advantages of plastics and the problems of plastic consumption

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29 May 2019
Berlin
Germany
Linda Mederake
Doris Knoblauch
On 29 May 2019, Doris Knoblauch and Linda Mederake, both scientific researchers at Ecologic Institute, were guest "professors" at the Nürti Üni, the pupils' university of the Nürtingen Primary School in Berlin Kreuzberg. They held a lecture on "Plastics Crisis – Advantages of Plastics and the Problems of Plastic Consumption". Read more
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Lecture
Climate
Democracy
Education
Governance

Ecologic University Course on Think Tanks Policy Consulting (2018/2019)

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Winter Term 2018/2019
27 February 2019
Berlin
Germany
Doris Knoblauch
Arne Riedel, LLM
In the winter term 2018/2019 Doris Knoblauch, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, organized the seminar "Think Tank Policy Consulting" at the Otto Suhr Institute (OSI) of the Free University Berlin. It was the first time that this seminar was held by an Ecologic Institute researcher at the OSI. Similar courses have been taught before at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences.Read more
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Lecture
Coastal + Marine
Global Environment
Governance
Water

Towards a Global Plastics Convention

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21 February 2019
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Linda Mederake
At Scotland's International Marine Conference 2019, Ecologic Institute's Linda Mederake presented results from the study "No more Plastics in the Ocean – Gaps in Global Plastic Governance and Options for a Legally Binding Agreement to Eliminate Marine Plastic Pollution" at a session on international working. The corresponding discussion paper is available for download.Read more
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Lecture
Education
Governance
Coastal + Marine
Resource Conservation + Circular Economy
Water

The Governance of Plastics

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30 November 2018
Ecologic Institute, Berlin
Germany
Linda Mederake
On 30 November 2018, Linda Mederake, Junior Researcher at Ecologic Institute, presented the Institute's activities in the field of plastics governance to a group of students from the International Degree Program Political Management (B.A.) at Hochschule Bremen, City University of Applied Sciences. The presentation took place in the context of an excursion of the study programme, during which the students got to know the "political Berlin" and exchanged views on several selected topics with various actors from research, politics, business and civil society.Read more
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Lecture
Climate
Education
Energy

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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Lecture
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. Read more
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Climate
Democracy
EU
Governance
Policy Assessment
Education

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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Lecture
Climate
Democracy
EU
Education

Ecologic University Course on Think Tanks Policy Consulting (2014)

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Winter Term 2014/15
9 December 2014
Bremen
Germany
Dr. 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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Lecture
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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