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UN has Unrivalled Legitimacy
In her interview with the Tageszeitung TAZ, Dr. Camilla Bausch, head of climate and energy policy, emphasized the particular role of the UN for the international climate negotiations. Dr. Bausch also pointed out, that successful negotiation, no matter what the forum in which the negotiations take place, depends in particular on the will of countries to act together and co-operate while facing the challenge of climate change. Read more ...
G20 wastes hundreds of billions on perverse fossil fuel subsidies, says global coalition
G20 governments should end their perverse fossil-fuel subsidies, which contribute directly to climate change, cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and create artificial barriers to sustainable development, urges to the Green Economy Coalition. Ecologic Institute is a coalition member. Read more ...
Ecologic Institute's Washington DC Office Receives Grant from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ecologic to Assess Technology Transfer Proposals Under Discussion at Copenhagen Climate Negotiations
WASHINGTON DC / NEW YORK (19 August 2009): The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Climate Change Initiative in New York has awarded Ecologic Institute, Washington DC, a grant of $75,264 to conduct an in-depth assessment of technology transfer proposals under review in the run-up to the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009. Read more ...
Press Release: German Baltic Coastline Becomes Model Region for Adaptation to Climate Change
Berlin, 28 July 2009
On the coast of the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, climate change and the region’s possibilities to adapt to it will be researched for five years. As one of seven selected regions across Germany, it will be funded with close to nine million euros by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of the ministry’s initiative KLIMZUG (“Managing climate change in the regions for the future”).
German Experiences in Sustainable, Low-Carbon Technologies Reach an American Audience: Radio Broadcast
On 9 June 2009, Michael Mehling, president of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC, was featured on the radio station Los Alamos (KRSN AM 1490) as an invited guest in the radio program “Venus Transit Authority”. Discussing pathways to a sustainable, low-carbon economy, Michael Mehling provided insights on Germany's successful adoption of “feed-in tariffs” for renewable energy promotion, a measure that has prompted widespread innovation across Germany and created a significant number of new jobs in a high-tech export sector. Read more ...
Newsweek: A Green Trade War?
Some details of the climate bills discussed in the US may have undesired repercussions for the international climate negotiations, argues Stefan Theil in an article in the Newsweek Magazine issue of 4 May 2009. Benjamin Görlach of Ecologic Institute was interviewed for and is quoted in the article. The analysis points out that fears about the competitiveness impacts of climate policy on domestic industries are exaggerated, and that the measures discussed to counter such threats may backfire in international negotiations. Read more ...
Leading European Environmental Think Tank Launches Washington DC Institute
U.S. Ecologic Institute Aims to Enrich Dialogue on Transatlantic Policies in Energy, Climate and Environment.
WASHINGTON DC / BERLIN (20 April 2009): Ecologic Institute, one of Europe’s premier environmental not-for-profit think tanks, formally launches its first office in North America on Earth Day, 22 April 2009. The Washington DC office will focus initially on transatlantic relations, energy and climate, EU integration and the environment, and water services and investment. Read more ...
Newsweek: Greenest Nation – America could soon out-innovate Europe and Japan
The United States may soon be the "Greenest Nation", according to an in-depth article by Stefan Theil in the Newsweek Magazine issue of 2-9 March 2009. R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic was interviewed for and is quoted in the article. The analysis highlights the achievements of individual US States, and the superior potential for innovation and transformation towards a low-carbon economy in the US. Read more ...
Illegal timber damages German forestry industries
Illegal logging not only destroys primeval forests and biodiversity but has also a negative impact on the German economy. On 14 October 2008, Greenpeace published a study carried out by Ecologic, which shows that losses of turnover for the wood industry add up to an estimated one billion Euro annually (total revenue 2007: 10.3 billion Euro), caused by declining image and credibility at the consumer. Illegal timber also beats down prices for timber products and leads to shortages in specific types of wood. Mostly, the timber comes from Brazil, Indonesia, China, Congo, and Russia and was often harvested through overexploitation and the destruction of primeval forests. Read more ...
Newsweek: No Country Is More ‘Green By Design’ than Germany
Germany is the "Best Governed Country in Environment". Newsweek Magazine, in its edition of 7-14 July 2008, carried an article on the development and achievements of German environmental, energy and climate policies. Sascha Müller-Kraenner of TNC and Ecologic, and R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic are quoted in the article. Read more ...
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