At the International Water Association's Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Waste and Energy Crops, Dr. Wolfgang Urban (Ecologic Institute) shared insights into "Experience and Future Perspectives of Biomethane in the Natural Gas Grid in Germany". After presenting the legal framework and economic circumstances of biogas feed-in, he outlined future challenges and introduced selected biogas feed-in projects in Germany. The presentation slides are available for download.

A conference on "The Arctic Ocean Beyond National Jurisdiction" at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 24 to 27 July 2011 explored the opportunities and challenges of expanded human use and options for future governance of the Central Arctic Ocean. R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute participated as invited expert contributor in the conference.

On behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency, Ecologic Institute conducted a study on the impacts of individual tourism in Antarctica. The report "A Sustainable Tourism Concept for Antarctica" sheds light on possible approaches to tourism management and develops a set of recommendations for a sustainable tourism concept in Antarctica.</p>&#13;&#13;

In this article, the authors provide for the first time a definition of the "Footprint Family" as a suite of indicators to track human pressure on our planet and under different angles. It builds on the premise that no single indicator per se is able to comprehensively monitor human impact on the environment, but indicators rather need to be used and interpreted jointly.

In the summer term of 2011, Christiane Gerstetter and Doris Knoblauch, Fellows at the Ecologic Institute, taught a seminar on policy consulting at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen. Some 35&nbsp; students, enrolled in&nbsp; a bachelor&rsquo;s programme, participated. The seminar consisted of a block of three units for a total duration of 32 hours&nbsp; for a full course credit.

2011: Climate Adaptation – Modelling Water Scenarios and Sectoral Impacts (ClimWatAdapt). Workshop Report – Assessment results and Annexes.

Sandra Cavalieri (2010): Expert Meeting Synthesis Report. Ecologic Institute | Berlin.

Reid, Andrew; Katriona McGlade; Franziska Stuke et. al. (2011): Final Conference Synthesis Report: Transatlantic Options for Improved Integrated Maritime Governance. Ecologic Institute | Berlin.