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Artificial intelligence promises greater efficiency and relief from routine tasks. At the same time, it requires substantial amounts of energy, water, and raw materials, reshapes how we work and learn, and creates new forms of technological dependency. In our latest Horizon Scan, we brought together representatives from academia, policy, and civil society to explore a central paradox of artificial intelligence: while AI enables efficiency and convenience, it also raises fundamental questions of dependency, autonomy, and responsibility.

Artificial Intelligence: Convenience, Dependency, and the Question of Digital Autonomy

Horizon Scan


Berlin, Germany

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Presentation:Panel discussion
 
On 9 June 2026, Dr Grit Martinez represented Ecologic Institute at a parliamentary breakfast on marine conservation hosted in the German Bundestag by ADRA Germany, Rare Europe and the Blue Action Fund. The discussion examined how Germany can strengthen locally led and financially sustainable marine conservation approaches, including community participation, nature-based solutions and international partnerships.

Local Marine Conservation – Global Impact


Dr. Grit Martinez

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Mangroves, coral reefs and other coastal ecosystems can play a crucial role in reducing climate-related risks while supporting biodiversity and local livelihoods. A new discussion paper reviews the current state of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in tropical coastal regions and explores financing instruments that can help scale up and sustain coastal resilience measures over the long term.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation at Tropical Coasts

Stocktake and financing instruments

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Event:Workshop
 
On 10 June 2026, Ecologic Institute participated as invited experts in the Biodiversa+ workshop “Toward Nature-Positive Finance: Scientific Foundations for Action”, bringing scientific perspectives into the evolving field of biodiversity finance.

Toward Nature-Positive Finance

Ecologic Institute at Biodiversa+ Expert Workshop


Paris, France

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Publication:Document
 
Researchers at Ecologic Institute have developed a new tool to help governments to produce socially just climate adaptation strategies. The Just2Adapt tool allows the user to analyse the justice dimensions of Heat Action Plans at the strategic level as well as at the level of individual measures. It is important that heat adaptation strategies integrate social justice considerations because of the unequal way in which the heat-health effects of climate change are distributed across the population.

Just2Adapt Tool: Supporting governments with socially just climate adaptation

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Publication:Report
 
MEER:STARK provides practical recommendations and an integrated framework for strengthening the resilience of the North Sea and Baltic Sea to climate-related impacts. The project demonstrates that effective marine conservation and climate adaptation should be addressed jointly rather than as separate policy domains. By linking ecological restoration, adaptive governance, nature-based solutions, and participatory management approaches, the project offers a foundation for developing more coherent and resilient marine policies in the future.

MEER:STARK – Meeresentlastung und Resilienzstärkung

Sektorübergreifende Transformation, Anpassung, Revitalisierung und Klimaschutz für Nord- und Ostsee

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Publication:Report
 
This paper argues that there is no plausible basis for the introduction of a “grace period” in respect of infringements of Article 27 of the EU Methane Emissions Regulation (EUMR), as proposed in a recently leaked draft European Commission Recommendation.

EU Methane Regulation Article 27: the Case Against a Grace Period

Why the ordinary enforcement regime does not endanger EU energy security

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Publication:Report
 
In light of the agreed expansion of European emissions trading (inter alia the gradual inclusion of maritime transport and the introduction of the EU ETS 2), the study contains an analysis of the current sanctions regime in emissions trading. The fundamental amendment to the TEHG brought about by the TEHG EU Alignment Act 2024 has already been taken into account. Proposals for a more effective sanctions regime are put forward, relating both the enforcement of existing regulations and reforms of these regulations. The study focuses on administrative offence law.

Effizienter Vollzug der Sanktionen im Emissionshandelsrecht

Ordnungswidrigkeitenrecht und Festsetzung von Zahlungspflichten

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Ecologic Institute’s new Climate Programme brings together work on climate mitigation, adaptation, economics and law to deliver integrated research and policy recommendations.
 

Ecologic Institute's New Climate Programme

Connecting climate mitigation, adaptation, energy, law and economics to support integrated policymaking across governance levels 

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Presentation:Speech
 
Dr Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at the Ecologic Institute, gave a presentation on the new Environmental Crime Directive at a conference on water crime organised by the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). He provided an overview of the directive’s key provisions and offered an initial assessment based on its planned implementation in Germany.

The EU Environmental Crime Directive


Dr. Stephan Sina

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Event:Workshop
 
The Agricultural Produce Exchange for Communal Catering brings together farmers, food processors, caterers and kitchens from Brandenburg and Berlin. The focus is on matching concrete demand with available supply and fostering new partnerships along regional organic value chains.

Agricultural Produce Exchange for Communal Catering

Market Information Talk 2026


Oranienburg, Germany

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