Presentations – Ecologic Institute EU

Sustainability

Sustainability Transitions: What is the stake of cultural conventions?

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13 June 2018

Manchester

United Kingdom

Jakob Donner-Amnell

Simo Häyrynen

Pernilla Hagbert

Sari Tuuva-Hongisto

Dr. Grit Martinez

From 11 until 14 June 2018 transitions scholars and stakeholders from around the world met for the 9th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference in Manchester (United Kingdom). Dr. Grit Martinez of Ecologic Institute spoke in a dialogue session about cultural conventions, system reconfigurations and transitions.Read more

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Emissions Reductions: Approaches to Carbon Markets

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11 June 2018

Mexico City

Mexico

Elizabeth Zelljadt

Ecologic Institute's Elizabeth Zelljadt explained emissions trading systems (ETS) at a workshop on carbon pricing in Latin America and the Caribbean hosted by the environmental advocacy group World Wildlife Fund (WWF). As several Latin American countries are implementing carbon pricing policies – from carbon taxes applied to fossil fuels to carbon markets similar to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) – Latin American WWF leaders brought their members together with external carbon pricing experts for a workshop on measures to price carbon around the world. The international group of participants, which included officials from the Mexican government and the United Nations, also addressed the status of global negotiations around this issue.Read more

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Global Environment

Poetry Talk: World Climate Summit of Poetry

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26 May 2018

Berlin

Germany

Daniela Seel

Arne Riedel, LLM

Instances of extreme temperatures and hurricanes are increasing. Polar ice masses are withdrawing further, climate change is threatening mankind. At the 19th Poetry Festival Berlin, poets talked with Daniela Seel (editor and poet) and Arne Riedel (Ecologic Institute) in a "Poetry Talk: World Climate Summit of Poetry". The discussion touched upon the potential of poetry to connect people emotionally to climate change and how it can generate attention for this topic.Read more

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Consumer Food Waste

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24 May 2018

Vilnius

Lithuania

Stephanie Wunder

The EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (FLW Platform) brought together key stakeholders from policy, business, academia, and civil society in Europe for a one day meting in Vilnius on 24 May 2018. The day's topics included an update on the circular economy action plan, monitoring of food losses and waste and the SDG 12.3 targets, cities' action on food waste, a meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Food Losses and Food Waste, and a session on "consumer" food waste, moderated by Ecologic Institute's Stephanie Wunder, with presentations and a panel discussion. The agenda and a full videostream of the event is available online.Read more

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Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert

What Next for Coal?

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8 May 2018

Berlin

Germany

Hendrik Fischer

Dr. Hans-Rüdiger Lange

Gunther Müller

Frank Peter

International Environmental Law

How can the German government's planned "gradual reduction and end of coal-fired electricity generation" succeed – and what are the concrete implications of it for the state of Brandenburg? This was the focus of discussion at a Berlin Energy Days event hosted by the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU). Panelists included the SRU's Professor Kemfert and Undersecretary Fischer of Brandenburg's Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Dr. Camilla Bausch of Ecologic Institute contributed conceptually.Read more

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Assessing Urban Risk and Vulnerability and Prioritizing Action

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26 April 2018 to 28 April 2018

Bonn

Germany

Dr. Grit Martinez

From 26 to 28 April 2018, the Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation took place in Bonn (Germany), just after the March Cities IPCC Conference, a few days ahead of the midyear Bonn climate talks and a few months before nations review SDG 11 on cities and human settlements. For the INNOVA project, Dr. Grit Martinez of Ecologic Institute presented INNOVA's approach to risk assessment in the session "Assessing urban risk and vulnerability and prioritizing action." The presentation slides are available for download.Read more

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The Role of Think Tanks in the Energy Transition

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19 April 2018

Berlin

Germany

Sonia Aggarwal

Nicolas Berghmans

Mika Ohbayashi

Joanna Mackowiak-Pandera

Grové Steyn

Directly after the German government's Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, the think tank Agora Energiewende invited influential think tanks from all over the world to discuss "system security in an electricity sector based on renewable energies". Participating think tanks discussed their role in the energy transition in a panel discussion chaired by Ecologic Institute's Director Dr. Camilla Bausch.Read more

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Water

Experience of European River Basin Management and the Role of Industry in Water Resource Management, Technology and Infrastructure Development

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20 March 2018

Brasilia

Brazil

R. Andreas Kraemer

The AquaCross research community, funded by the European Commission, was represented on stage at the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia by two members of the AquaCross Think Tank, Francisco Nunes Correia and R. Andreas Kraemer. R. Andreas Kraemer, founder of Ecologic Institute, gave two presentations at this annual global gathering.Read more

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EU Environment

Public Diplomacy

Could Strategic Communication be the Solution to Reaching Policymakers and the Public?

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15 March 2018

Berlin

Germany

The 2018 European Think Tank Summit brings together key representatives from the think tank landscape in Europe to exchange ideas, discuss best practices and learn from each other's expertise. Ecologic Institute Director, Dr. Camilla Bausch, chaired a break-out session that addressed the complex question of using strategic communication to reach target groups in a time marked by a superabundance of information.Read more

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The Invisible Subsoil: Social acceptance of measures to improve the subsoil in agriculture

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28 February 2018

Berlin

Germany

Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen

The BONARES conference "Soil as a Sustainable Resource" took place in Berlin from 26 to 28 February 2018. Ecologic Institute staff attended the conference and presented the interim results of the Soil³ project – Sustainable Subsoil Management. Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, gave a presentation on "Social acceptance of measures to improve the subsoil in German agriculture". Read more

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Dr. Camilla Bausch Presents interpanel GmbH with the DENEFF PERPETUUM Energy Efficiency Prize

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20 February 2018

Berlin

Germany

Imagine a ceiling panel offering lighting, efficient cooling and improved acoustics all in one. Or an app that calculates the energy use of single appliances in your home as well as the cost of their power consumption at any given moment. And how about an environmentally-friendly process to insulate buildings using digitalization and robotics? These were among the innovations in the running for the PERPETUUM Energy Efficiency Prize. Dr. Camilla Bausch of Ecologic Institute headed the jury to choose the winner of the competition. Read more

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The EU Emission Budget and its Implications for EU Climate Action

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22 January 2018

Brussels

Belgium

Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

Philipp Voß

On 22 January 2018, Ecologic Institute's Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf and Philipp Voß presented the the report "The EU Emission Budget and its Implications for EU Climate Action" in Brussels. Beside the discussion of what a "fair" EU contribution according to the Paris Agreement is, they outlined different EU's greenhouse gas emission budgets scenarios. The presentations, agenda and list of participants are available for download.Read more

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The International Dimensions of the Energy Transition

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19 January 2018 to 21 January 2018

Berlin

Germany

Graeme Maxton

Martin Kaiser

Dr. Markus Hartwig

At a time of turbulence and change in the EU, the Tönissteiner Kreis discussed options for "Building green bridges for Europe" at its annual conference. As part of this broad subject, Dr. Camilla Bausch of Ecologic Institute discussed the energy transition, its prospects and international dimensions with Graeme Maxton (General Secretary of the Club of Rome), Martin Kaiser (Executive Director at Greenpeace Germany) and Dr. Markus Hartwig, a green energy entrepreneur.Read more

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State-level Climate Protection Laws in Germany – a comparative overview

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8 December 2017

Stuttgart

Germany

Dr. Stephan Sina

On 8 December 2017, Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, presented a comparative overview of climate change laws at state level in Germany at a workshop on the further development of the Climate Change Act for Baden-Württemberg. He focused on common features and differences in the existing climate change acts, and highlighted elements of interest for the amendment of the Climate Change Act for Baden-Württemberg.Read more

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"Paris Compatible" Governance: insights from climate law case studies

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4 December 2017

Madrid

Spain

Matthias Duwe

On 4 December 2017, Matthias Duwe presented insights on national climate laws to inform Spanish debate gained from a joint research effort on long-term climate frameworks at a roundtable discussion organized by the renowned thing tank Elcano Royal Institute. He joined Valvanera Ulargui, head of the Spanish Climate Change Office at the national Environment Ministry and Jesús Fidel González Rouco from the Geosciences Institute (IGEO) of the Complutense University of Madrid and a contributor to the IPCC.Read more

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Transatlantic Program

Dr. Bausch in Discussion with Prof. Edenhofer and Melissa Eddy on US Climate Policy

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30 November 2017

Berlin

Germany

Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer

Melissa Eddy