1. Global Carbon Market Institutions: An Assessment of Governance Challenges and Functions in the Carbon Market – Report published
2. The Global Institutional Architecture and the Financial Crisis – An Opportunity for Sustainable Development? – Conference registration extended until 1 September 2009
3. Project start RADOST – Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast
4. Ecologic Institute at the Global Environmental Governance Forum
5. German-U.S. Farmer Exchange 2009
6. ICAP Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries, Berlin 2009 – Event summary
7. Transatlantic Climate and Energy Cooperation: Working together, learning from each other – Visitors Programme
8. Second European Water Conference – Conference Report now available

1. Global Carbon Market Institutions: An Assessment of Governance Challenges and Functions in the Carbon Market – Report published
In late 2008, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown commissioned his Special Representative on Carbon Trading, Mark Lazarowicz MP, to draft a report identifying the current role of emissions trading systems and possible challenges going forward. Michael Mehling of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC was asked to prepare one of four background papers for the main report. His study, titled "Global Carbon Market Institutions: An Assessment of Governance Challenges and Functions in the Carbon Market", stresses the institutional needs for linking carbon markets across nations and ensuring market efficiency. He matches governance challenges with possible institutional solutions. The full report ("Global Carbon Trading: A Framework for Reducing Emissions") was launched in London on 20 July 2009 by Mark Lazarowicz.
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2. The Global Institutional Architecture and the Financial Crisis – An Opportunity for Sustainable Development? – Conference registration extended until 1 September 2009
The conference will take place 14-15 September 2009 in Berlin. The objective of the conference is to expand understanding of the relationship between the global institutional architecture and the financial crisis and to examine its implications for achieving sustainable development. Speakers include Prof. Adil Najam, Boston University and Nick Mabey, E3G – Change Agents for Sustainable Development. This event marks the final conference in the context of the research project InEG – Global Environmental Governance and International Environmental Regimes. Please register through our online form until 1 September 2009.
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3. Project start RADOST – Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast
July 2009 was the start of the RADOST project ("Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast"). This project, scheduled for a duration of five years, is coordinated by the Ecologic Institute. The Baltic coastline of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein is one of seven model regions in Germany that are supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the funding activity KLIMZUG (“Managing climate change in the regions for the future”). The aim of the RADOST project is to develop regional adaptation strategies in a dialogue between research institutions, business, public administration and civil society.
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4. Ecologic Institute at the Global Environmental Governance Forum
In early July 2009, the Global Environmental Governance Forum drew a historic gathering of past, present, and future environmental leaders in the small Swiss town of Glion. The Forum gathered for the first time all five successive Executive Directors of the UN Environment Programme: Maurice Strong, the Secretary-General of the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and the Rio Earth Summit; Mostafa Tolba; Elizabeth Dowdeswell; Klaus Töpfer; and Achim Steiner, the current Executive Director. Maria Ivanova, a partner of Ecologic Institute, is Director of the Global Environmental Governance Project, which hosted the Forum. R. Andreas Kraemer and Susanah Stoessel of Ecologic Institute were also in attendance.
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5. German-U.S. Farmer Exchange 2009
On 5-12 July 2009, the second transatlantic Farmer-to-Farmer exchange brought together farmers, foresters, journalists and policy-makers from the United States and Germany to discuss the role of agriculture in future climate policies. On their trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania and ending in Washington DC, the group of 30 participants visited several farms applying climate friendly agricultural practices, as well as biofuel and algae processing facilities. One topic of major concerns was possible ways to off-set GHG emissions by industry through mitigation activities in agriculture. Moreover, participants intensively exchanged knowledge and experiences in different bioenergy applications.
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6. ICAP Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries, Berlin 2009 – Event summary
Environmental policymakers from 19 countries gathered in Berlin from 27 July to 7 August 2009 in the first ICAP Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries. The intensive two-week training event, designed and organised by the Ecologic Institute on behalf of 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. A second summer school will be held in Amsterdam in 2010.
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7. Transatlantic Climate and Energy Cooperation: Working together, learning from each other – Visitors Programme
As part of the "Transatlantic Climate Bridge", a visitors programme on climate and energy issues took place from 21-27 June 2009 in Berlin and Munich, addressing policymakers on the state level of the United States. The programme was organised by the Ecologic Institute in cooperation with the Climate Group. The programme was to explore German and European climate and energy policies and current steps towards a low-carbon economy. Different formats (roundtable discussions, talks, field visits and cultural programmes) with representatives from ministries, parliament, industry, think tanks and NGOs in different German cities (Berlin, Potsdam and Munich) allowed comprehensive insights into the topic.
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8. Second European Water Conference – Conference Report now available
The 2nd European Water Conference on Active Involvement in River Basin Management took place on 2-3 April 2009 in Brussels. The event aimed at encouraging the active involvement of citizens and stakeholders and drawing maximum attention to the preparations of the River Basin Management Plans required by the EU Water Framework Directive. The Ecologic Institute together with its partners VITO and ACTeon prepared the conference report, which summarises the political speeches, presentations and discussions held at this 2-day event. In addition, a summary of the key findings of the conference in all EU languages is now available.
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