The brief links these findings to concrete recommendations for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 more effectively. These include updating EFSA guidance and the data requirements under Regulations (EU) No 283/2013 and 284/2013, expanding the use of sensitive species and endpoints, improving assessments of pesticide mixtures and environmental fate, and better integrating non-dietary exposure and vulnerable life stages into regulatory testing. Many of these improvements could therefore be introduced within the existing EU approval framework.

Europe’s climate movement has adopted different approaches to engaging with far-right parties. In this Tagesspiegel opinion piece, Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf of the Ecologic Institute and Erik Tang of Green Transition Denmark discuss these approaches and draw conclusions. The views expressed are solely those of the authors.

Prescribing decisions are currently guided primarily by therapeutic efficacy, patient safety and cost-effectiveness. A recent feasibility study explores how environmental information could also become part of routine pharmaceutical decision-making in the future. At the centre of the proposed concept is a German Environmental Pharmaceutical Index (EPI), designed to provide standardised environmental information on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and make it readily accessible for healthcare professionals.

The article "Implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation requires a shift from restoration targets to restoration landscapes" was published in 2026 as a Comment in Nature Reviews Biodiversity. In their contribution, Daniel Hering, Benjamin Kupilas and Rafaela Schinegger discuss the governance, spatial planning and financing mechanisms required to translate the ambitions of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation into effective, landscape-scale ecosystem restoration across Europe.

Der Policy Brief zeigt, wie sich pelagische Fischereien im Nordostatlantik trotz Klimawandel, veränderter Fischwanderungen und internationaler Nutzungskonflikte nachhaltiger bewirtschaften lassen. Er verbindet wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse mit den Perspektiven von Stakeholdern und formuliert konkrete Empfehlungen für ein resilientes, grenzüberschreitendes Fischereimanagement.

Ecologic Institute is proud to announce that it has officially joined the "4 per 1000" Initiative: Soils for Food Security and Climate. The initiative's objective is to highlight that agriculture, and in particular agricultural soils, can provide concrete solutions to both climate change and food security.

This intervention manual supports the City of Rome in integrating heat adaptation into urban planning and regeneration. Developed within the project Tackling Urban Heat Islands in Rome, it provides a practical framework for selecting measures that can reduce surface and air temperatures, improve shading and ventilation, and create more climate-resilient public spaces.

This report presents practical action plans for mitigating urban heat in two pilot areas of Rome: Centocelle–Alessandrino and the historic city centre. The two areas reflect contrasting urban conditions, from residential neighbourhoods facing socio-economic challenges to densely used public spaces and tourist routes in the city centre.

On 8 June 2026, Jenny Tröltzsch and McKenna Davis from Ecologic Institute were invited to present insights on nature-based climate adaptation to the Working Group of the Green Parliamentary Group on the Committee for Housing, Urban Development, Building and Local Government (WSBK). Members of the Green working group on the Committee for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (UKN) were also invited to join the exchange. The hybrid meeting took place in the German Bundestag, focusing on the results of and emerging recommendations from the NatürlichKlimanpassung! Project.

On 6 July 2026, Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, participated as an expert in a public hearing of the German Bundestag’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection on the Federal Government’s draft bill to amend criminal law.

Dr Stephan Sina gave a presentation on ‘Legal frameworks for tackling climate change in Germany (mitigation and adaptation)’ to a delegation from the Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic. He provided an overview of the German legal frameworks for mitigation and adaptation, outlined the main features of the Federal Climate Change Act (KSG) and the Federal Climate Adaptation Act (KAnG), and concluded with lessons learnt and challenges.

Mandy Hinzmann joined the 35th Meeting of the International Resource Panel as an observer and supported the German delegation as part of the project "Resource Efficiency and Natural Resources in an International Context". In various scientific sessions and technical workshops, participants exchanged insights on current research and discussed priorities for sustainable resources.

As the European Union considers to reform its Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) by integrating permanent carbon dioxide removals (CDR), this report examines safeguards to support the gradual scale-up of permanent removals whilst keeping their quantity under control to manage risks and ensure incentives for reducing emissions remain

The 27th Arctic Dialogue took place on 14 April 2026 at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam. The dialogue brought together representatives from research, government, and Indigenous communities to discuss how Arctic research can be made more sustainable, equitable, and relevant through long-term partnerships and the co-production of knowledge. Arne Riedel and Fenja Kroos represented Ecologic Institute at the dialogue.