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Global Environment

A Letter from Rome: "Laudato Si'" as a Catalyst for Societal Transformation?

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13 September 2016

Potsdam

Germany

Dr. Camilla Bausch

Laudato Si': To Care for our Common Home. Pope Francis' encyclical has created widespread conversation within and beyond the Catholic community. Camilla Bausch of Ecologic Institute along with Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Klaus Töpfer, Hartmut Graßl, Anton Losinger, Mary Evelyn Tucker and other prominent voices from science, policy and theology provided insights on this discussion at the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) three day international workshop on the Papal Encyclical.

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Ecologic Institute at the 40th Cairo Climate Talks in Egypt

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31 May 2016 to 1 June 2016

Cairo

Egypt

Lena Donat, LLM

The 40th Cairo Climate Talks, titled "Putting Paris into Effect: Climate Change Action in Africa" brought together decision-makers as well as representatives from business, academia and civil society. Ecologic Institute's Lena Donat provided the European perspective on the outcome of the Paris climate summit and the future negotiation process.Read more

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Trade

Ecologic Legal

Statement of the German Advisory Council on the Environment on TTIP

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25 February 2016

Berlin

Germany

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) presented on 25 February 2016 a statement entitled "Environment and Free Trade: Environmentally sound design of TTIP". Following the presentation of the statement by Prof. Dr. Christian Callies, a member of the SRU, a panel discussion was held. Christiane Gerstetter, Senior Fellow, Ecologic Institute, was one of the participants, next to Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan and Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner.Read more

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Comparative Analysis of Energy Transformation Policy: China, Germany, EU and U.S.

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3 November 2015

Beijing

China

Susanne Langsdorf

On invitation of the Rock Environment and Energy Institute Susanne Langsdorf, Fellow at Ecologic Institute, took part in an "Energy Transformation Roundtable Discussion" in Beijing on November 3rd 2015. At the roundtable a group of international experts presented and discussed different "roadmaps" to an energy transition. Susanne Langsdorf presented the energy transition ("Energiewende") in Germany.Read more

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Economic Instruments in Water Policy

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23 October 2015

Thessaloniki

Greece

Ina Krüger

In two presentations Ina Krüger (Ecologic Institute) introduced the work of Ecologic Institute at the 13th International Conference "EUROPE-INBO 2015" for the implementation of the European Water Directives. In a short presentation at the round table 'The financing of water policy and economic analysis' Ina Krueger presented the results of an evaluation of the water abstraction charge and the compensation payments to farmers in the state of Baden-Württemberg (Germany). The presentation slides are available for download.Read more

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Climate

Energy

Opportunities for and Barriers to German-French Contributions to the Climate Conference in Paris

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16 October 2015

Berlin

Germany

Jean-Claude Perraudin

Oliver Krischer

Arnulf Nöding

Dr. Camilla Bausch

"Opportunities for and barriers to German-French contributions to the Climate Conference in Paris" was the topic of a panel discussion on 16 October 2015. The German-French association Gerhard Kiersch Verein / AGKV organized the event. The discussion addressed the question of how Germany and France could contribute to the success of the global climate conference and which obstacles still need to be overcome.Read more

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Arctic Summer College: Arctic Exchange in the Digital Age

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16 October 2015

Reykjavik

Iceland

Arne Riedel, LLM

Max Grünig

Katherine Weingartner

The Arctic Summer College (ASC) is proud to have recently completed its fifth successful year. This year, the Arctic Summer College had the exciting opportunity of hosting a breakout session at the Arctic Circle Assembly on 16 October 2015 in Reykjavik. Ecologic Institute's Arne Riedel, Max Grünig and Katherine Weingartner took part in the conference as part of the German delegation.Read more

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Climate

The Climate Conference in Paris – and Then What?

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15 October 2015

Berlin

Germany

Prof.Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer

Hildegard Müller

Franziska Erdle

Christoph Bals

Dr. Camilla Bausch

Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer (MCC) and Hildegard Müller (BDEW) extended an invitation for 15 October 2015 to discuss the topic "The Climate Conference in Paris – and then?" Franziska Erdle (WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle), Dr. Camilla Bausch (Ecologic Institute) and Christoph Bals (Germanwatch) provided commentary to the introductory talks of Edenhofer and Müller.Read more

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Mid-term Evaluation of the Renewable Energy Directive

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2 July 2015

Brussels

Belgium

Bettina Kampman

Dr. Stephan Sina

Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, joined Bettina Kampman from CE Delft on 2 July 2015 to present and discuss a mid-term evaluation of the Renewable Energy Directive at Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) in Brussels (Belgium). The study had been carried out by a consortium of CE Delft, Ricardo-AEA, Ecologic Institute, E-Bridge and REKK, and been published recently on DG Energy's website. The presentation is available for download.Read more

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The Role of the Energy Union and the 2030 Framework

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10 June 2015

Prague

Czech Republic

Katharina Umpfenbach

The Energy Union is a central project of the European Union. The aim is to build an integrated energy market that provides secure, affordable and sustainable energy to all European citizens. On 10 June 2015, Katharina Umpfenbach discussed options for implementing the Energy Union with stakeholders from central and eastern Europe at a conference jointly organised by the Prague Institute for Global Policy (glopolis), the Delegation of the European Commission to the Czech Republic and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Prague. In her contribution, Katharina Umpfenbach emphasised the opportunities of putting decarbonisation at the heart of the Energy Union. Renewable energies and energy efficiency have enormous potential to replace costly energy imports and drive innovation in the EU.Read more