1. Upcoming Ecologic Institute Technology Transfer Side Event at UNFCCC COP-15 in Copenhagen, 11 Dec 2009, 6-8pm
2. Ecologic Institute hosts side event in Copenhagen on regional adaptation for coastal areas
3. Legal and Institutional Dimensions of the Copenhagen Regime – Publication
4. Transatlantic Media Dialogue: Climate Change and Climate Policy in Europe and the US – Opportunities and Challenges in the Run-Up to the Copenhagen Summit and Beyond
5. The international climate negotiations in Copenhagen – prospects for climate protection
6. Linking of Emissions Trading Systems – Publication Series
7. Economic Instruments between Kyoto and Copenhagen: quo vadis Climate Protection? – Lecture
8. Global Carbon Market Institutions: An Assessment of Governance Challenges and Functions in the Carbon Market

1. Upcoming Ecologic Institute Technology Transfer Side Event at UNFCCC COP-15 in Copenhagen, 11 Dec 2009, 6-8pm
The Ecologic Institute will present a policy brief on the transfer of climate technology to developing countries in a side event on 11 December at the UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen. The policy brief, addressed primarily to UNFCCC negotiators, surveys Party positions on technology transfer in the UNFCCC negotiations and tested areas of contention against evidence in the academic literature offering recommendations to negotiators.
http://ecologic.eu/3072

2. Ecologic Institute hosts side event in Copenhagen on regional adaptation for coastal areas
The Ecologic Institute will host an international dialogue on regional adaptation actions for coastal areas on 15 December 2009 as a complementary event to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The aim is to contribute to an intensified exchange of good practice between different coastal regions of the world.
http://ecologic.eu/3088

3. Legal and Institutional Dimensions of the Copenhagen Regime – Publication
Legal and Institutional Dimensions of the Copenhagen Regime – this is the title of the most recent issue of the Carbon & Climate Law Review (CCLR). Camilla Bausch, Ralph Czarnecki and Michael Mehling edited this issue, which opens the stage for a timely discussion on the most recent international climate negotiations. It features a preface by Congressman Edward J. Markey, who co-authored the successful climate and energy bill for the U.S. House of Representatives.
http://ecologic.eu/3068

4. Transatlantic Media Dialogue: Climate Change and Climate Policy in Europe and the US – Opportunities and Challenges in the Run-Up to the Copenhagen Summit and Beyond
As part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge, the Ecologic Institute organised a Transatlantic Media Dialogue to discuss climate policy in Europe and the U.S. with a focus on the upcoming Copenhagen climate summit. The exchange took place from 9-11 November 2009 at the Aspen Wye River Conference Center on Chesapeake Bay near Washington DC. The dialogue brought together nearly 25 participants – German and US journalists as well as climate policy experts. The program was complemented by a field trip that addressed the impacts of sea level rise in the region.
http://ecologic.eu/3032

5. The international climate negotiations in Copenhagen – prospects for climate protection
The final event of the 13th Hessian Climate Protection Forum was a high level panel discussion on the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Panelists included the Hessian Secretary of State Mark Weinmeister, Wintershall Board Member Dr. Gerhard König, Franzjosef Schafhausen from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, and Dr. Camilla Bausch from the Ecologic Institute. Journalist Thomas Hanke (Handelsblatt) moderated the panel.
http://ecologic.eu/3090

6. Linking of Emissions Trading Systems – Publication Series
Linking emissions trading schemes has attracted much interest as a means of reducing compliance costs, expanding market size and liquidity, and reducing volatility in the carbon market. It also offers a channel for climate cooperation across jurisdictions to complement the international negotiating process on a future climate regime. But linking also faces a number of barriers and poses potential risks if inadequately designed. In a series of peer-reviewed publications on this issue, Michael Mehling discusses institutional and legal implications, formulates design recommendations, and assesses prospects of a market link over the short term and medium term.
http://ecologic.eu/3080

7. Economic Instruments between Kyoto and Copenhagen: quo vadis Climate Protection? – Lecture
From 15-16 October 2009, the Center for Foreign Trade Law at the Institute for Public Economic Law of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster hosted its 14th Foreign Trade Law Day, focusing on energy and climate change. At this conference, Benjamin Görlach, economist at the Ecologic Institute, delivered a presentation entitled 'Economic Instruments between Kyoto and Copenhagen: quo vadis Climate Protection?'
http://ecologic.eu/3070

8. Global Carbon Market Institutions: An Assessment of Governance Challenges and Functions in the Carbon Market
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, entitled "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 also matches governance challenges with possible institutional solutions.
http://ecologic.eu/2930