Contents:

1. An Effective Governance System for 2030 EU Climate and Energy Policy – Discussion Paper
2. Adapting to Climate Change – Video
3. The View Beyond the Horizon – International Examples of Climate Adaptation – Publication
4. Climate Action: Connecting Cities? – Publication
5. EU Climate Policy Beyond 2020 – CECILIA2050 Final Conference
6. CETA and the Environment – First TradeNight
7. TTIP and its Relevance for Global Sustainable Land Use – Discussion Paper
8. Policy Recommendations to Strengthen Sustainable Land Use – GLOBALANDS Final Conference
9. Policy and Regulation of Pollutants in the Environment – CAPACITIE Training Course

1. An Effective Governance System for 2030 EU Climate and Energy Policy – Discussion Paper

   The European Council decided to develop a "reliable and transparent governance system" for the 2030 EU climate and energy policy framework. The European Commission proposed a number of details of the new governance framework. However, neither the European Council nor the Commission specified the relationship between relevant legislation, up-coming legislative processes and this new governance system. Against this backdrop, this paper discusses options and requirements for an effective governance framework for climate and energy policy beyond 2020. The discussion paper is available for download.
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2. Adapting to Climate Change – Video

   What is climate change adaptation? How can we best approach implementing it across Europe? What lessons can we learn from people already working on adaptation today? In this video from the BASE project, four young reporters from the fictional 'BASE Broadcast Studio' interview a group of 'adaptation professionals' from across Europe, to learn more.
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3. The View Beyond the Horizon – International Examples of Climate Adaptation – Publication

   What makes adaptation measures successful, and how can they be used as good examples? In his recent article "The view beyond the horizon – International examples of climate adaptation", Dr. Nico Stelljes aims to answer this question using different success factors for the classification of good examples of adaptation to climate change, presenting five examples of adaptation measures. The article was published in the seventh volume of the OEKOM series 'Climate Change within Regions'.
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4. Climate Action: Connecting Cities? – Publication

   Cities and municipalities play a key role in finding solutions for climate change issues on the local level. A number of research projects already provides best-practice examples and strategies for their implementation. An effective exchange of municipalities facilitates the spread of available knowledge much faster. Within this article Ecologic Institute's Doris Knoblauch, Arne Riedel, and Monica Ridway discuss the central challenges of both groups and elaborate on the themes and methods used for networking.
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5. EU Climate Policy Beyond 2020 – CECILIA2050 Final Conference

   The CECILIA2050 project will hold its final conference, entitled EU Climate Policy Beyond 2020 – Options for a Low-Carbon Future, on 30 June 2015 in Brussels (Belgium). This high-level event on the future of EU climate and energy policy will present insights and lessons-learned from the CECILIA2050 research project. Please register until midday on 26 June 2015.
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6. CETA and the Environment – First TradeNight

   The first TradeNight held at Ecologic Institute, focused on the environment-related provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a bilateral trade and investment agreement negotiated between Canada and the EU. TradeNights are a regular series of events convened by Ecologic Institute that provide a forum for the trade community in Berlin to meet informally to discuss current trade policy issues.
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7. TTIP and its Relevance for Global Sustainable Land Use – Discussion Paper

   Christiane Gerstetter, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, prepared a discussion paper on "The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its relevance for global sustainable land use" as part of the GLOBALANDS project. The paper is available for download.
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8. Policy Recommendations to Strengthen Sustainable Land Use – GLOBALANDS Final Conference

   Through which global political approaches can a (more) sustainable land use be reached? Over the last four years, the GLOBALANDS project team has attempted to answer this primary research question. On 19 May 2015, the final conference of the project took place at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building, and Nuclear Safety. Stephanie Wunder, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, presented the project results related to global governance of urban-rural relations. All presentations are available on the GLOBALANDS website.
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9. Policy and Regulation of Pollutants in the Environment – CAPACITIE Training Course

   Ecologic Institute, in cooperation with the German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), organized and hosted an intensive three-day training course for PhD students from 27 to 29 April 2015 in Dessau and Berlin (Germany), entitled "Policy and Regulation of Pollutants in the Environment". The training was part of the CAPACITIE project, one of the prestigious Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITNs) funded by the European Commission, which focuses on pollution in urban environments. The presenters held talks focusing on local (city level), national, and EU-level efforts addressing environmental pollution and covered regulatory approaches, methodological tools and practical initiatives. The presentations are available for download.
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