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  1. Europe's Recovery Plans Must Pass Five Sustainability Tests – Publication
  2. Money Doesn't Make You Happy – Publication
  3. Slowing Down Climate Action Because of the Corona Crisis? – Publication
  4. The EU Farm to Fork Strategy: What needs to come next? – Publication
  5. Towards an Ambitious Environmental Policy in Germany and Europe – Discussion
  6. (Single-use) Plastics Remain a Challenge Despite and Especially because of the Pandemic!
  7. Fostering a Green Recovery through Nature-based Solutions
  8. Tackling Climate Change: Give Cities a Voice – Publication
  9. Response to the Corona Virus Pandemic 2019-2021 – Publication
  10. SPRINT Project Looks to Speed Pesticide Transition
  11. Impact of the Pandemic on Resource Policy
  12. Wildlife Crime – Also a threat to human health
  13. Lessons from the 2009 Economic Stimulus Programs – Analyses by Ecologic Institute
  14. Think Sustainable Europe: New think tank network launched – News
  15. Introducing our New Senior Policy Advisors – News

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 213 – May 2020

COVID-19 and Environmental Research

  1. European Climate Law – Ecologic Institute assesses the Commission's proposal and suggests amendments – News
  2. Innovation for Increased Climate Resilience: Successfully concluding the BRIGAID project – News
  3. Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Coastal Areas – COACCH webinar
  4. Urban Nature-based Solutions in Germany – experiences, successes and future challenges – Webinar
  5. What is the Role of Society, Politics and Science in Urban Nature Conservation and in the Implementation of Nature-based Solutions? – Presentation
  6. Circular Economy and Sustainability Innovations: Stakeholder exchange along the supply chain – Publication
  7. The Public's Perception of Run-of-the-river Hydropower across Europe – Publication
  8. Ecologic Institute is Looking to Hire – Job Opportunities

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 212 – April 2020

  1. Contribution to the 2020 Roadmap Consultation on the Farm to Fork Strategy – Publication
  2. Defining and Assessing Ecological Potential for Improving Comparability of Heavily Modified Water Bodies – Publication
  3. Research Meets Practice: But what do we get out of it? – Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast
  4. EU Climate Law – Big step for the Europeans? – Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast
  5. What Does the European Green Deal Mean for Cities and Metropolitan Areas? – Presentation
  6. Business Mitigates Climate Change – Final Event of the Dialogue Forum
  7. Better Use of Deep Soil Layers in Agriculture as Preparation for Dry Periods – Workshops

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 211 – March 2020

  1. 2019 Global Think Tank Ranking – News
  2. Climate Laws in Europe: Good Practices in Net-Zero Management – Publication
  3. Addressing Climate Change in Cities - Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions – Publication
  4. Mobilizing Up-scaling of Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Throughout 2020 and Beyond – Chairing
  5. Multiple Pressures and their Combined Effects in Europe's Seas – Publication
  6. International Governance for Environmentally Sound Supply of Raw Materials – Publication
  7. Rural Urban Nexus – Global Sustainable Land Use and Urbanisation – Publication
  8. Sustainability and Participation in the Bioeconomy – Publication
  9. On the Way to Demand Driven Climate Services – Presentation
  10. Transdisciplinary Research: And in practice? – Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 210 – February 2020

  1. Draft for an European Climate Law – Publication
  2. Looking to the Future: Socio-economic and socio-cultural trends affecting resource conservation – Publication
  3. Further Development of German Resource Policy – Publication
  4. Links between the Nature Directives and the Nitrates Directive – Publication
  5. The Transformative Potential of Local Climate Change Strategies – Publication
  6. Research Against Food Waste – Videos
  7. Relaunch of the Website of the German Round Table on Marine Litter (muell-im-meer.de) – Publication
  8. The German Federal Climate Protection Act – Publication
  9. International Approaches to Solve the Climate Crisis Explored at Global Think Tank Summit – Chairing
  10. #FromVisionToAction! – Green activists in Berlin discuss climate neutrality – Presentation
  11. Ecologic Institute is Looking to Hire – Job Opportunities

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 209 – January 2020

  1. A European Climate Law – What Should It Look Like? – Publication
  2. The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Europe – Publication
  3. Carbon Leakage Risks in the Post-Paris World – Publication
  4. Investing in Nature for European Water Security – Publication
  5. Information Platform for the Restoration of Rivers – Publication
  6. Fourth Meeting of Climate Recon 2050's Policymaker Platform (PMP4) – Workshop
  7. Climate Change Law – Overview of the Legal Frameworks – Presentation
  8. Climate Change in the Arctic – Moderation
  9. Climate Protection in the Pankow District – Presentation
  10. Introduction to Global Plastic Pollution and the Discussions at the International Level – Presentation

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 208 – December 2019

  1. A Treaty on Plastic Waste – Publication
  2. Shaping EU Plastic Policies – Publication
  3. Ocean as a Global Commons – Publication
  4. Status quo and further Development of Environmental Criminal Law and Environmental Compliance – Publication
  5. Ideas for a Sustainable Day-to-day Life – Publication
  6. Hydromorphological Measures under the Floods and Water Framework Directives – Publication
  7. How the Climate-neutral Restructuring of the German Industry can Succeed – Publication
  8. Influence of Narratives of Vision and Identity on Collective Behavior Change – Publication
  9. Climate Framework Laws and "Green Deals" in the EU and the US – Webinars
  10. FIThydro – European Stakeholder Workshop
  11. The International Governance of Geo-engineering – Presentation and Moderation
  12. COACCH – Second Interactive Co-design Workshop

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 207 – November 2019

  1. Carbon Farming Schemes in Europe – Roundtable
  2. Policy-relevant Findings from the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land – Webinar
  3. Smarter, Greener, more Inclusive? – Publication
  4. Facing Hydrometeorological Extremes – Publication
  5. The Evolving Role of Cities as Non-state Actors in the International Climate Regime – Publication
  6. Policy-relevant Findings from the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate – Webinar
  7. Security Implications of Climate Change – Panel Discussion
  8. Bio-based Economy – Innovations in practice – Panel Discussion
  9. Meat of the Future – Workshop

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 206 – October 2019

  1. Climate Laws for Germany and Europe – Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast
  2. Multi-level Policy Framework for Sustainable Urban Development and Nature-based Solutions – Publication
  3. Final ENABLE Conference on 9 October 2019 – Register Now
  4. Strengthening Co-operation between EU and CELAC Regions on Urban Nature-based Solutions – News
  5. Second Cycle of the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration – Publication
  6. Low Flow and Drought Management – Workshop
  7. Ecologic Institute is Looking to Hire – Job Opportunities

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 205 – September 2019

  1. EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy – Technical Report
  2. Actors' Perspectives on Circular Economy Approaches in the Construction Sector – Publication
  3. Bioeconomy Concepts and Discourse Analysis – Publication
  4. A European Climate Protection Law – Publication
  5. Let's Say It in Their Own Words – Publication
  6. Water in Berlin – Virtual Water – Presentation
  7. Nutritional Medicine and Sustainability: Acting together for the better! – Presentation
  8. Experience the Future of Energy – EFEX Conference 2019
  9. Achieving a Food System Change Towards Sustainability? – News
  10. What is the Use of a Climate Change Act at Federal State's Level? – News
  11. Ecologic Institute is Looking to Hire – Job Opportunities

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 204 – August 2019

  1. Experience the Future of Energy – EFEX Conference 2019
  2. Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast
  3. Food Waste Valorisation – Online Quiz
  4. Sustainable Development in the European Union – Publication
  5. Development of an Assessment Framework on Environmental Governance in the EU Member States – Publication
  6. Planning for 2050 – shifting the focus towards long-term climate objectives – Publication
  7. Optimal Soil Management to Ensure Yield Capacity – Workshop
  8. Co-Design of Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts – Presentations
  9. The Role of Social Media in Communicating Climate Change – Panel Discussion

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 203 – July 2019

  1. Measures for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles – Publication
  2. Adequate Legal Instruments for the National Implementation of Soil-related Sustainable Development Goals – Publication
  3. The Future of the EU – Background Paper
  4. Climate Protection Laws in Europe – Publication
  5. Climate Change Laws of Germany's Federal States – Publication
  6. Statement on the Second Progress Report of the German Government for the Reporting Year 2017 – Publication
  7. Carbon Pricing to Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Efforts of Bangladesh – Publication
  8. RECIPES. Precaution – Innovation – Science – Website Launch
  9. Plastics Regulation: Solutions at the wrong end – Publication
  10. Plastics Crisis? – Advantages of plastics and the problems of plastic consumption – Presentation
  11. Climate Change Adaptation and Innovation – Presentation
  12. Food Waste Reduction – REFRESH Conference
  13. Federal and Regional Governments in Dialogue on Sustainable Food Systems – Workshop

Ecologic Institute Newsletter No 202 – June 2019