1. Conference "Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment - Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts", 15-16 June 2009, Brussels - Call for Abstracts
2. Addressing the climate challenge - what can agriculture do? Ideas from Europe and beyond - Symposium
3. Environmental and Material Flow Cost Accounting - Principles and Procedures - Publication
4. Climate Change and Coastal Zone Management - Dinner Dialogue with Mike Orbach
5. Trends in climate and energy policy in the United States - Ecologic Transatlantic Luncheon with David Campbell
6. Standard & Poor's AA-Rating for OekoWorld OekoVision Classic Investment Fund
7. Environmental and Resource Polices in the Context of the UN - A Chance for Cooperation? - Lecture
8. Climate Change: Are Border Adjustment Measures only the Third-Best Option (Out of Three)? - Lecture

1. Conference "Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment - Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts", 15-16 June 2009, Brussels - Call for Abstracts
The Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOEW) and Ecologic are seeking abstracts for the conference "Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment - Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts", which will take place 15-16 June 2009 in Brussels. The conference seeks to contribute to the understanding of sustainability evaluation. Therefore, contributions are invited that tackle methodological challenges to sustainability evaluation, as well as the question of how the institutionalisation of sustainability evaluation can be improved. We also welcome the submission of case studies on the role of impact assessments and evaluation studies on different topics (e.g. chemical or energy policy) in political decision-making processes, which illustrate experiences, policy impacts and the challenges of evaluation.
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2. Addressing the climate challenge - what can agriculture do? Ideas from Europe and beyond - Symposium
The final symposium of the PICCMAT project (Policy Incentives for Climate Change Mitigation Agricultural Techniques) on 28 October 2008 in Brussels generated high interest among stakeholders. The agricultural sector will be under increased pressure in the future to contribute to the realization of ambitious climate change mitigation targets. Almost 90 participants from the farming, policy and scientific communities engaged in discussions on potential ways forward. The PICCMAT policy recommendations are available for download.
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3. Environmental and Material Flow Cost Accounting - Principles and Procedures - Publication
In "Environmental and Material Flow Costs Accounting", Christine M. Jasch, Ecologic Partner and Director of the Institute for Environmental Management and Economics (IÖW) in Vienna, explains and updates the approach developed for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DSD/UNDESA) and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). The book also includes several case studies and recent developments regarding Environmental and Material Flow Cost Accounting (EMA and MFCA) in national statistics and ISO standardization.
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4. Climate Change and Coastal Zone Management - Dinner Dialogue with Mike Orbach
On 14 October 2008, an Ecologic Dinner Dialogue was held in honour of Dr. Michael K. Orbach. Mike Orbach is Professor of the Practice of Marine Affairs and Policy and Director of the Duke University Marine Laboratory at the Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA). The Dinner Dialogue focused on climate change impacts on coastal zones and associated policy responses.
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5. Trends in climate and energy policy in the United States - Ecologic Transatlantic Luncheon with David Campbell
At an Ecologic Transatlantic Luncheon on 5 November 2008, David Campbell spoke about trends in climate change and energy policy in the United States of America after the elections. Campbell is Director of Trade Policy at the Representative of German Industry and Trade (RGIT), the liaison office of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) in Washington, D.C. David Campbell expressed his expectation that an Obama Administration would adopt a "greener" and more diplomatic approach toward climate change and energy cooperation.
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6. Standard & Poor's AA-Rating for OekoWorld OekoVision Classic Investment Fund
The OekoWorld Oekovision Classic is a leading ethical investment fund (or mutual trust) based on stringent social and ecological criteria. A panel of independent experts, including Christine Jasch, Sebastian Büttner, and R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic, supports the selection of businesses for investment decisions by the fund management, headed by Stewart Armer of Fortis Investments. The international rating agency Standard & Poor recently gave an AA Rating to the fund.
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7. Environmental and Resource Polices in the Context of the UN - A Chance for Cooperation? - Lecture
Since the Security Council debated the security implications of climate change in April 2007, security aspects of climate change rank high on the political agenda of the UN: In a presentation at Haus Rissen Hamburg, Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf discussed the contribution of the UN to environmental security. A summary of the presentation is available for download.
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8. Climate Change: Are Border Adjustment Measures only the Third-Best Option (Out of Three)? - Lecture
Border Adjustment Measures (BAM) have been discussed as a tool to equalize costs that industries with stringent greenhouse gas requirements have to bear, as some international competitors do not face these costs and allegedly enjoy a free ride. At a workshop of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf and Michael Mehling discussed whether BAM are an adequate tool to address competitiveness concerns arising from the EU's ambitious climate change policies. A paper, which is available for download, summarizes the most relevant findings.
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