What's new

News
 
On 8 October 2026, stakeholders from Berlin’s reuse and zero-waste community gathered for a networking meeting organised as part of the Re-Use Berlin Initiative of the Berlin Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment. For Hannah Brunkhorst, as a new researcher at Ecologic Institute, the event was a valuable opportunity to meet project partners and other people in person that are working in waste prevention, recycling and reuse. It also provided a chance to promote the upcoming expert dialogue on food appreciation, which she will moderate in January 2027 as part of the Re-Use project at the International Green Week (Grüne Woche).
 

Re-Use Berlin: Networking, Celebrating Progress and Strengthening Circular Ideas Together

Networking meeting of the Re-Use Berlin Initiative on 8 October 2026 at the Berlin Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment

Read more
Publication:Report
 
How do electricity supply, infrastructure, industry and a fair distribution of costs need to work together for the energy transition to succeed? The final report, “The Grand Challenges of the Energy Transition”, brings together findings from six years of research under the Ariadne Kopernikus project.

Die Grand Challenges der Energiewende

Sechs Jahre Energiewendeforschung: Bilanz und Perspektiven

Year

Read more
Publication:Brochure
 
This guide shows how municipalities can systematically identify, assess and compare the costs and NbS. It takes users through a stepwise process on how to go about assessing costs and benefits. Documentation tables and guiding questions help apply each step to a specific project.

Kosten- und Nutzenbewertung von naturbasierten Lösungen zur Klimaanpassung

Ein Leitfaden für Kommunen

Year

Read more
Event:Conference
 
The annual Ariadne climate and energy policy conference returns to Brussels one more time, to continue the insightful discussions had in previous iterations. The event marks the end of the discussion series under the Ariadne project - but represents a hand-over to a continuation under a different flag in 2027.

Designing Flexibility, Governing Uncertainty: The EU ETS and Post-2030 Climate Policy Architectur

Discussing Insights from the Ariadne Project

-
Brussels, Belgium

Read more
Project
 
The project supports the German Environment Agency (UBA) in developing an integrated process framework for the climate resilience of critical infrastructure that matters at municipal and regional level. It is designed as a practical guide, developed together with selected model municipalities. It will identify gaps between policy areas, propose ways to define protection goals and levels, and recommend governance structures across federal, state and local levels. The work follows a transdisciplinary approach, in which authorities, operators, municipalities and researchers act as co-producers of knowledge rather than only as consultees.

Climate-Resilient Critical Infrastructure (KRITIS)

Management and Process Design with Due Consideration of the Priority Given to Nature-Based Solutions

-

Read more
Publication:Document
 
More green spaces and trees can help nature thrive in cities. But how much they actually contribute to biodiversity depends on their ecological quality, how well they are connected and how they are managed over the long term. This discussion paper identifies the conditions cities need to develop and maintain high-quality urban nature.

Delivering High Quality Urban Nature Across Europe

Key messages from the European Urban Nature Networking Workshop

Year

Read more
Event:Digital Event
 
At the final symposium of the NormTransform research project on 25 November 2026 in Vienna, representatives from research, policy, business and civil society will discuss the potential of advertising restrictions to support more climate-friendly diets – and how research findings can inform practical action.

Advertising, Consumer Norms and Climate Policy

NormTransform Symposium: From Insights to Action


online and Vienna, Austria

Read more
Publication:Report
 
How should economics assess adaptation when responding to climate change, which may require fundamental changes to economies and societies rather than incremental adjustments? This ACCREU technical report examines this emerging research field and identifies eight priorities for developing the economics of transformational adaptation.

Research Priorities and Review Paper on Emergent Co-design

Year

Read more
Event:Summer School
 
From 7 to 11 September, Ecologic Institute co-organised the 2026 ICAP Summer School in Bangkok (Thailand). The event brought together 35 government officials from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam for a five-day intensive course on designing and implementing emissions trading systems (ETS).

ICAP Summer School on Emissions Trading in Bangkok

-
Bangkok, Thailand

Read more
Publication:Brochure
 
The European Climate Neutrality Observatory (ECNO) has published the second 2026 edition of its Clean Industrial Transition Monitor Quarterly Bulletin. The publication tracks economic developments affecting European industry alongside the implementation and expected impact of key initiatives under the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal.

Clean Industrial Transition Monitor

Quaterly Bulletin 02/2026

Year

Read more
Presentation:Speech
 
At the ICES Annual Science Conference, Dr Grit Martinez from Ecologic Institute presented the SEA4FUTURE approach to stakeholder engagement for fisheries bycatch reduction, sharing experiences and lessons with scientists involved in projects across Europe and North America.

Putting Stakeholder Knowledge at the Heart of Fisheries Innovation


Dr. Grit Martinez

Read more
Publication:Article
 
How can sustainability be firmly embedded in the education of medical and pharmaceutical professionals? A research article in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education explores this question in the German context. The authors identify structural barriers that currently hinder the systematic integration of sustainability and present a political roadmap for higher education, vocational training and continuing professional development.

Sustainability in Pharmaceutical and Medical Education

A political roadmap for Germany

Year

Read more
Subscribe to What's new