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Sustainability

Dialogue Sustainability and CSR

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September 2007

15 September 2007

Berlin

Germany

This project supports the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) with the continuation of its activities in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. Activities are centred around a stakeholder workshop, which will offer a forum for the discussion of current approaches as well as future steps. The interactive concepts brings together representatives from the business community as well as civil society in Berlin in September 2007. The project consortium not only provides conceptual advice to the Council but is also responsible for innovative facilitation methods at the event as well as all organisational matters. Read more

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Water

Water Framework Directive and Hydropower

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4 June 2007 to 5 June 2007

Berlin

Germany

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Fritz Holzwarth

Marieke van Nood

On 4-5 June 2007, a workshop on the Water Framework Directive and Hydropower was held in Berlin. Focus of the workshop was on hydropower use and the relationship to hydromorphological changes. The workshop aimed at the exchange of information and views on good practice in hydropower use, strategic priorities on the catchment level as well as instruments to promote hydropower and to improve water status. Read more

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Climate

Future Climate Change Policy: Looking beyond 2012

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11 April 2007 to 12 April 2007

Prague

Czech Republic

Scientific evidence that climate change is caused by human activity has boosted ongoing efforts to address the problem. Now the focus is primarily on what will happen after 2012 when the validity of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty designed to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, expires. From 11-12 April 2007, representatives of the EU, the World Bank and the new EU Member States met in Prague to discuss the challenges ahead. Read more

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7th CTI Capacity Building Seminar: Climate Technology and Energy Efficiency - the Engine for Economic Growth and Innovation

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21 October 2006 to 25 October 2006

Leipzig

Germany

This CTI Capacity Building Semniar brought together about 75 key persons from politics, business, non-governmental organisations, research institutes and think tanks from Central and Eastern European Countries, the former Soviet Union and Mongolia as well as OECD countries. Participants were given the opportunity to discuss and develop concrete projects in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They were encouraged to present first project ideas and were given the opportunity to meet experts from OECD countries to share their experiences and ideas concerning the economic potential and benefits of climate change policies. It was the 7th event of the series of CTI Capacity Building Seminars.Read more

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CTI Capacity Building Seminar: Climate Technology and Energy Efficiency - the engine for economic growth and Innovation

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21 October 2006 to 25 October 2006

Leipzig

Germany

The mission of the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) is to bring countries together to foster international co-operation in the accelerated development and diffusion of climate-friendly and environmentally sound technologies and practices. The promotion of technology transfer under the Kyoto Protocol as incorporated in the Marrakech Accords is at the core of CTI's work. Ecologic supports the organisation of a seminar that is part of CTI. It is the 7th event of a series sponsored by the German Federal Environment Agency. Read more

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Energy

Public Acceptance of Renewable Energy - A Series of Workshops in Germany

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27 June 2006 to 14 December 2006

Germany

In this project Ecologic Institute and the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) investigated the acceptance of renewable energies in Germany. While the IZT focused on the local level, Ecologic paid particular attention to the regional level. Ecologic Institute hosted five 'future workshops' from June to December 2006 to openly discuss and debate the issue...Read more

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Climate

Global Environment

Transatlantic Program

Strategic Workshop: Transatlantic Environmental Relations

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15 December 2005

Berlin

Germany

Apart from the issue of climate change, environmental topics currently attract little attention when transatlantic themes are debated. On 15 December 2005 Ecologic, with support from the Robert Bosch Foundation, organized a strategic workshop in Berlin to identify and raise awareness about those environmental policy issues of utmost importance to transatlantic relations.

Representatives from several transatlantic research institutes, think tanks and...Read more

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Economics

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Ecologic Legal

IPPC-Information Day

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29 November 2005

Stuttgart

Germany

All companies which dispose of IPPC installations must meet the requirements of the Directive by the 30 October 2007. The central purpose of the event is to provide the entrepreneurs concerned with the basic knowledge which is necessary for the fulfilment of the requirements of the Directive. Read more

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Water

Water Framework Directive and Hydromorphology

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17 October 2005 to 19 October 2005

Prague

Czech Republic

On 17-19 October 2005 the European Workshop on "Water Framework Directive and Hydromorphology" convened officials from European Member States and Accession Countries as well as representatives of relevant stakeholder groups in Prague to set the agenda for the further process of addressing hydromophological pressures in the context of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. The workshop served as a...Read more

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Climate

Energy

Carbon Trading Across National Boundaries

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19 April 2005

Berlin

Germany

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Sam Napolitano

Kai Schlegelmilch

This workshop with Sam Napolitano offered a platform for policy-makers and researchers to discuss further developments in carbon trading and other climate policy instruments. In his presentation Sam Napolitano, director of the Clean Air Markets Program of the US EPA, gave a wide overview of experiences with cap-and-trade systems in the US on state and regional level. In particular, he...Read more