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Arctic Transform - Transatlantic Policy Options for Supporting Adaptation in the Marine Arctic

Pilot EN16 November 2009, Brussels - R. Andreas Kraemer
Since 2007, on initiative by the European Parliament, the European Commission (DG Relex) has sponsored transatlantic dialogues with a view to developing new approaches for handling global challenges.  A conference in Brussels on 16 November 2009 reviewed the results of the first 5 pilot projects.  R. Andreas Kraemer presented the outcomes of the Arctic Transform dialogue initiated by Ecologic Institute. Read more ...

Weichenstellung statt Katerstimmung – Nach dem Kopenhagen-Debakel braucht Europa eine effektive Klimastrategie

Under the title "Setting the Course for the Future, not Nursing a Hangover – After the Copenhagen Debacle, Europe Needs an Effective Strategy for Climate Negotiations", Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ecologic Institute, suggests options for the future external climate policy of the European Union. The article (in German) is available exclusively online from Internationale Politik, Germany's leading foreign policy magazine. Read more ...

The Arctic Tomorrow - Confrontation or Cooperation?

29 September 2009, Ottawa - R. Andreas Kraemer
In the North polar region, key nations of the world will answer the key question: Will confrontation or cooperation reign in the Arctic of Tomorrow. R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute sketched the future as keynote panellist at the Arctic Future Forum of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Rideau Institute in Ottawa, ON, on 29 September 2009. The Forum focused on security and arms control, climate change and energy. Read more ...

The Arctic Today - Finding Common Transatlantic Ground

29 September 2009, Ottawa - R. Andreas Kraemer
As the Cold War ends and the ice is melting in the Arctic, security and arms control, climate change and energy, present a new situation for the relations among nations and the joint management of the region.  On 29 September 2009, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Rideau Institute convened an expert meeting in Ottawa to take stock of "The Arctic Today and Finding Common Transatlantic Ground".  R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute acted as discussant and moderated a session on energy and the environment. Read more ...

Changing Arctic: Changing Planet

28 March 2009, Aspen, CO - R. Andreas Kraemer
During the 2009 Aspen Environment Forum, the conversation addressed the changing Arctic in discussion with Sven Lindblad of Lindblad Expeditions, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Climate Communications Director Susan Joy Hassol, Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, author Charles Wohlforth, Elizabeth Cheney of Shell Oil, Ecologic Institute Director R. Andreas Kraemer, and University of Alaska Chancellor Fran Ulmer.  Aspen Institute's Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Program, David Monsma, moderated. Read more ...

EU Energy and Climate Policy: the External Dimension

3 May 2007, New York, New York - R. Andreas Kraemer
The New York Political Salon, initiated and coordinated by Steven E. Sokol of the American Council on Germany and hosted by the Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation, convenes regular meetings for younger professionals from different countries and divers professions (media, business, academia, and non-profit) to discuss current political issues of common concern.  R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic was invited to make a presentation and lead a discussion on the extraterritorial effects of energy and climate policies of the European Union. Read more ...

Book: Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice

Cover smallDocumenting the results of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Budapest on 21 to 23 January 1999, the book "Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice" provides an overview of environment and security challenges, addresses methods for assessing environmental security and their application in case studies, and presents views on the role of international and environmental institutions in preventing and dealing with environmental conflicts. Read more ...

Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice

In January 1999, Ecologic conducted the workshop on "Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice". The aim was to discuss how to prevent environmental conflicts using approaches in different policy fields. In particular, non-governmental ways to tackle the complex dynamics of this type of conflict were considered. Read more ...

Schöner Leben im Labor? Geo-Engineering und das Recht, die Welt zu verändern

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The debate about geo-engineering is unstoppable. Strong interests push for research and experimental application. Geo-engineering is a play for time, at best, but always also a dangerous deviation from emission reduction and climate change adaptation. Properly conducted, the debate can help clarify the design of international institutions, argue R. Andreas Kraemer and Ralph Czarnecki of the Ecologic Institute in an article in Internationale Politik, Germany's leading foreign policy magazine. Read more ...

R. Andreas Kraemer in the VROM International Affairs Think Tank of the Netherlands

R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute was invited to join the "VROM International Affairs Think Tank" advising the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM). The group of high-level experts meets twice a year to discuss issues of strategic importance on the international agenda and to formulate advice to the Ministry. Read more ...

 
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