Ecologic Institute, Washington DC
The Ecologic Institute is a think-tank for applied environmental research, policy analysis and consultancy. It is dedicated to bringing fresh ideas to environmental policy and sustainable development. Founded in 2008, the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC evolved out of the Transatlantic Program of Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany, and focuses on European environmental policy and integration, climate policy, transatlantic outreach, economics and infrastructure, the United States and European Union in the world, and biodiversity.
Ecologic Institute, Washington DC, is a legally and financially independent IRS 501(c)(3) public charity.
Ecologic Institute 2010 Milestone: 15 Years
This year, the Ecologic Institute turns 15. Since its founding, Ecologic Institute has built a reputation for excellence in transdisciplinary and policy-relevant research. As an environmental think tank, Ecologic Institute uses its extensive project experience and network of partners on both sides of the Atlantic to address a broad range of environmental challenges. Read more ...
Deutsch15 Years for Ecologic Institute
This year there is even more reason than usual to celebrate: 15 years of successful work at the Institute and the 50th consortium project within the research framework programmes of the European Commission. In addition to this, we are able to welcome our 100th colleague to the Ecologic team with the arrival of Prof. Dr. Christoph Stefes. Ecologic Institute will be celebrating all of this on Wednesday the 1 September 2010, starting at 6pm at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW) at Gendarmenmarkt in the Berlin-Mitte district. Read more ...
Ecologic Institute at the Joint Statistical Meetings
4 August 2010, Vancouver - Tanja Srebotnjak
Tanja Srebotnjak represented Ecologic Institute at the largest gathering of statisticians and practitioners of statistics in North America, the Joint Statistical Meetings, which this year took place in the Olympic City of Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Srebotnjak presented a paper on small area estimation of local health effects and risk factors illustrating her modeling and validation framework for the prevalent lack of health care insurance in the US. Read more ...
The Importance and Impact of Wind Energy: Ethical Considerations
29 June 2010, Berlin - Dominic Marcellino
The 7th Greifswald International Summer Academy "Energy and the Environment" was put on by the University of Greifswald. Dominic Marcellino, Fellow at Ecologic Institute in Washington, spoke to the participants, delivering remarks on some of the ethical implications of expanded renewable energy production, specifically wind. Read more ...
The path to a mandatory US-ETS: the Chicago Climate Exchange, RGGI, and other starting points
19 August 2010, Frankfurt am Main - Dominic Marcellino
Hessen's State Ministry for Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and its partners held a half-day conference on the themes of emissions trading and climate policy in the USA as part of a year-long series of events. Dominic Marcellino, Fellow, Ecologic Institute Washington, gave a presentation on the current political situation in the United States with respect to climate change. Read more ...
Addressing Global Warming Using Market-based Mechanisms
30 April 2010, Annapolis, Maryland - Dominic Marcellino
The Political Science Department of the United States Naval Academy offers a course to 3rd and 4th year Political Science majors on Energy and Security. Dominic Marcellino, Fellow at Ecologic Institute, was invited to provide a guest lecture on the use of market mechanisms in climate change policy. Read more ...
Keynote Address: Germany as a Model? Local, Regional and National Approaches to Sustainability
26 June 2010, Berlin - R. Andreas Kraemer
In a Faculty and Expert Seminar, R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute delivered the Keynote Address to an audience of mainly US and Canadian university and college faculty. The group travelled to Berlin and Brandenburg to study local, regional and national approaches to sustainability. The Studienform Berlin organised the study tour as part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge. Read more ...
Geoengineering and the Freedom of Research – Lee Lane
An Ecologic Dinner Dialogue featuring Lee Lane, Resident Fellow and Co-Director of the American Enterprise Institute’s Geoengineering Project, was held in Berlin on 16 February 2010. Following Lee Lane’s introductory speech, participants discussed the technical, political, sociological and legal aspects of geoengineering and the way in which future research on the topic could take place. Read more ...
Cooperation across the Atlantic for marine governance integration (CALAMAR)
As the impacts of climate change and global demand for marine resources have increased, the development of an integrated, holistic marine governance framework has become a key goal for the EU and US. Recent policy events on both sides of the Atlantic provide a window of opportunity to significantly improve marine governance in national and international waters. In line with the pursuit of this goal, the Ecologic Institute leads a transatlantic project team that will convene a multi-stakeholder dialogue allowing experts from the EU, US and other regions to develop best practices for integrated marine management. Read more ...
Energy in Germany - Presentation to US Congress Chiefs of Staff
30 March 2010, Berlin - R. Andreas Kraemer
The 2010 Senior Congressional Staff Study Tour of Germany brought Chiefs of Staff of members of the US Congress to Berlin and Cologne to take stock of the political situation in Germany after the federal election in September 2009 and before the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia in May 2010. On invitation by The United States Association of Former Members of Congress (USAFMC), R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute led a discussion on the current trends and outlook for energy policy in Germany and the European Union. Read more ...
The Energy Policy and Regulation Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
20 April 2010, Chapel Hill, NC - R. Andreas Kraemer
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of its Center for Sustainable Enterprise, the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School hosted a conference on Global Innovations in Energy: How Business Is Addressing Climate Change in Chapel Hill, NC, on 20-21 April 2010. R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute provided a European perspective to a plenary session on The Energy Policy and Regulation Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities.
Technology Transfer in the International Climate Negotiations – The State of Play and Suggestions for the Way Forward
This article by Christiane Gerstetter, Dominic Marcellino, and Elena von Sperber explores the state of the climate technology transfer negotiations following the COP 15 meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009. The article appears in the Spring 2010 edition of the journal Carbon and Climate Law Review. Read more ...
Copenhagen Climate-Change Conference: What is the Deal? Global Perspectives on a Failed Global Climate Change Agreement
2 December 2009, Boston - Michael Mehling
International climate negotiations featured in a panel discussion on 2 December 2009 at the Center for German and European Studies of Brandeis University in Boston, where the Ecologic Institute was asked to provide expert insights on the likely outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit later that month. Titled “Copenhagen Climate-Change Conference: What is the Deal? Global Perspectives on a Failed Global Climate Change Agreement”, this panel attracted a large number of participants to discuss the prospects for a legally binding climate change agreement. Read more ...
Germany's Ecological Tax Reform: Perspectives from a Think Tank
24 November 2009, Charlottesville - Michael Mehling
On 24 November 2009, the Ecologic Institute was invited to address students in a lecture series titled “Generation Green: Germany and the Environment” organized by the Center for German Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The course explored how and why Germany's Green movement addressed pressing environmental challenges a generation before the release of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", allowing students to consider how specific cultural contexts shape personal attitudes, public policies and technological advances. Michael Mehling shared insights on “Germany's Ecological Tax Reform: Perspectives from a Think Tank”. Read more ...
The EU's Emission Trading Scheme
26 March 2010, New Brunswick - Michael Mehling
Ecologic Institute was invited to participate in a conference on “Climate Change Policy: Lessons from the European Experience” hosted on 25 and 26 March 2010 by the Center for European Studies at Rutgers University as part of “Lessons from Europe”, a two-year program of events exploring what US policy-makers and citizens can learn from the experiences of European democracies in addressing 21st century policy challenges. Michael Mehling of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC joined a panel on the EU Emission Trading Scheme, speaking alongside Denny Ellerman of the MIT Center for Energy and Environment Policy Research, Cambridge, and Bruce Mizrach of the Department of Economics at Rutgers University. Read more ...
Post- Kyoto Strategies Compared: European and North American Pathways to Low Carbon Market Economies
31 October 2009, Vancouver - Michael Mehling
At the Institute for European Studies of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Michael Mehling of the Ecologic Institute joined a panel on “Post- Kyoto Strategies Compared: European and North American Pathways to Low Carbon Market Economies” held on 30 and 31 October 2009. Participants analyzed the emergence of particular shapes and designs of Post-Kyoto strategies on both sides of the Atlantic, and the Ecologic Institute contributed a unique transatlantic perspective to the comparative discussion. Read more ...
A Transatlantic Agenda for Global Nuclear Governance
5 March 2010, Potsdam - R. Andreas Kraemer
"Towards a Nuclear Power Renaissance? – Challenges for Global Energy Governance" was the theme of the 7th Transatlantic Energy Governance Dialogue convened by the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI) and the Brookings Institution, supported by the European Commission, in Potsdam, Germany, on 4 to 5 March 2010. R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute offered his reflections on the proceedings and spoke about "A Transatlantic Agenda for Global Nuclear Governance" at the concluding panel. Read more ...
Transatlantic Academy Call for Applications: Competition for Natural Resources: The New Geopolitical Great Game?
The Transatlantic Academy in Washington DC is seeking applications by 10 May 2010 to serve as Resident Fellows for ten months for the fellowship year with beginning in September 2011. For the fellowship year 2011-2012, the Academy welcomes applications from scholars working on the theme of "The Competition for Natural Resources: The New Geopolitical Great Game?" Read more ...
Update on North American Carbon Trading Initiatives
24 March 2010, Vancouver - Michael Mehling
European insights from the integration of emissions trading systems helped inform participants at GLOBE 2010, North America’s largest international conference on business and the environment. Michael Mehling of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC joined a panel sponsored by the German Consulate General in Vancouver. Read more ...
Transforming Economies through Green Investment: Needs, Progress and Policies
In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama declared the need for “serious investments in clean energy” because “the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy”. In a new paper funded by the German Marshall Fund of the United States under the Transatlantic Climate Bridge initiative, authors from the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC and Berlin identify investment needs and policy incentives required to achieve this transition to a clean energy economy. Read more ...
Towards Sustainable Recovery
25 January 2010, Brussels - Michael Mehling
Decision makers and policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic converged in Brussels to discuss the relationship of the European Union and the United States in a changing and multipolar world. Read more ...
Transforming Economies through Green Investment
In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama declared the need for “serious investments in clean energy” because “the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy”. He urged Congress to pass legislation that promotes innovation and generates jobs as Americans rebuild infrastructures and manufacture the products of tomorrow. In a new paper funded by the German Marshall Fund of the United States under the Transatlantic Climate Bridge initiative, authors from the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC and Berlin identify investment needs and policy incentives required to achieve this transition to a clean energy economy. Read more ...
ICAP Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries, The Hague, 2010
Environmental policy-makers and stakeholders from the non-governmental, academic and private sectors convened in The Hague, The Netherlands from 26 July to 6 August 2010 as part of the second ICAP Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries. The intensive two-week training event, designed and organised by the Ecologic Institute on behalf of and in collaboration with the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), provided insights into the complexities of emissions trading systems to enable participants’ countries to harmonise their environmental policies for full participation in a future global carbon market. Read more ...
Prospects of Linking EU and US Emission Trading Schemes: Comparing the Western Climate Initiative, the Waxman-Markey and the Lieberman-Warner Proposals
This working paper affirms that emissions trading systems currently under development in the US raise certain challenges for an operational market link, but are not generally incompatible. Specifically, certain design elements of trading systems may give rise to concern, such as cost containment provisions and borrowing and offset provisions. Read more ...
Linking Emissions Trading Schemes
A traditionally jurisprudential perspective on linking emissions trading systems is provided in this book chapter by Michael Mehling. He provides a conceptual framework for the distinction of legal and political criteria for the feasibility of carbon market linkages. Legal considerations, he argues, arise during the process of establishing the link, which necessitates recourse to recognized sources of law and legal procedures; and, second, in the event of a conflict between the link as such with substantive legal norms and principles, whether these originate in international, regional or domestic law. Read more ...
The Missing Link to Sustainable Mobility
23 November 2009, Washington, DC - Dominic Marcellino
The results of the study "Connecting public transportation with car and bike sharing programs" were presented by Dominic Marcellino at a transportation policy workshop organized by Ecologic Institute, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and the Brookings Institution. Read more ...
Connecting public transportation with car and bike sharing programs
This project highlights case studies of best practices in car and bike sharing programs in the US and the EU. It assesses the challenges and promises of these programs. Max Grünig and Dominic Marcellino, the authors of the report, conclude that well-designed car and bike sharing programs should be integrated with public transportation to move toward sustainable transportation systems. Read more ...
Threats and Opportunities in a Changing Arctic: Policy Challenges and Transatlantic Relations
14 November 2008, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI - R. Andreas Kraemer
R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute gave a keynote presentation on "Threats and Opportunities in a Changing Arctic: Policy Challenges and Transatlantic Relations" at the John H. Chafee Center for International Business of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, on 14 November 2008. The presentation draws on the transatlnatic Arctic Transform dialogue. Read more ...
Biomass certification schemes from both sides of the Atlantic
Ecologic Institute is organizing a symposium on biomass certification scheme in Washington DC on 22 January 2010. The event will address the role of certification systems in developing a new green economy with the goal of facilitating the exchange of ideas and lessons based on US and German experiences, and advancing the discussion about establishing international standards for biomass-based energy. Read more ...
Linking the EU's Emissions Trading System to a Future US Emissions Trading Scheme
4 March 2009, Brussels - Michael Mehling, Jason Anderson
Emissions trading systems emerging in the United States offer the opportunity of a future trading link to the European carbon market. While such a link promises more efficient allocation of resources in a larger and more liquid market, differences in the design of trading systems can undermine the effectiveness of the linked trading systems. In a presentation at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Michael Mehling and Jason Anderson provided legislators and their staff with an update of recent policy developments in the US and identified the prospects of an eventual market link across the Atlantic. This presentation and a series of commissioned background studies helped brief EU parliamentarians visiting the US in 2009.
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