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In October 2023, it was time for the "Plastic Pirates" team of the Ecologic Institute to leave their desks and embark on a quest to find plastic waste. In autumn weather, the "Eco" Plastic Pirates explored the river Havel in Berlin-Spandau and made some interesting discoveries. Among their findings were 502 cigarette butts, 120 bottle caps, and 45 plastic bags.
 

How the "Eco" Plastic Pirates Team is Fighting Plastic Pollution in the Havel

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The 88th UNEP/UNESCO/BMUV International Short Course held at the TU Dresden focused on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) to emerging water challenges. The seminar featured several contributions over a period of three weeks, including a presentation from Ecologic Institute Fellows Gregory Fuchs and Dr. Benjamin Kupilas on the concept of NBS and relevant international and European policy frameworks for implementing NBS.

Introduction to Nature Based Solutions


Gregory Fuchs

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Social media card of the workshop hybrid workshop entitled "Making people part of ecosystem restoration in Europe".
Ecosystem restoration is gaining momentum in science and policy as a process that can jointly tackle biodiversity loss, climate change and other societal challenges. The human and social dimensions of restoration projects however, often insufficiently considered. The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) hosted a hybrid workshop entitled Making people part of ecosystem restoration in Europe from 17 to 19 October 2023 to explore this topic. McKenna Davis, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, held a keynote presentation on "Creating enabling conditions for ecosystem restoration: Tools and guidelines for local impact".

Creating Enabling Conditions for Ecosystem Restoration


McKenna Davis

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Presentation:Lecture
 
On 16 October 2023, Doris Knoblauch (Ecologic Institute) gave a lecture on "Plastics, green urban environments and local climate protection" at a postgraduate course, where 19 experts from ministries, authorities, municipalities, non-governmental organizations and industry from low-income countries and emerging economies were represented and exchanged. The focus was on showing how the triple crisis – plastics pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change – are intertwined and reinforce each other, and what role cities could play in tackling this triple crisis.

Plastics, Green Urban Environments and Local Climate Protection


Doris Knoblauch

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The NRL finals begin! On 5 October 2023, the first Trilogue on the Nature Restoration Law in Brussels begins. We need strict and binding targets for the restoration of peatlands and ensure a level of ambition in line with the overarching international climate and biodiversity commitments of the EU and preventing loopholes granted to Member States. The largest conference of peatland experts ever held took place in Antwerp in September 2023. At this conference, a declaration to Empower nature, climate and future now! was agreed and calls for joint urgent action to safeguard peatlands in Europe, on behalf of more than 90 signatories, representing EU funded projects, scientists, non-governmental organisations, land managers, etc.
 

Declaration of the "Power to the Peatlands" conference – 19 to 21 September 2023

Empower nature, climate and future now!

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Presentation:Chairing
 
Interactive session with Natalia Burgos (Researcher at Ecologic Institute), Santiago Sandoval (Secretary of Environment of Quito) and Agnieszka Arabas (Team Coordinator for Environment and Spatial Management, Krakow Metropolitan Area).
The CLEVER Cities project's final conference "Nature in the City – Advancing social impact through nature-based solutions (NBS)" was held on 26 and 27 September 2023. McKenna Davis, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, moderated the session "Putting Theory into Practice: Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions into Policy". The session explored the fundamental question: How can we integrate NBS into the fabric of urban policy and governance to bridge the gap between theory and action?

Putting Theory into Practice: Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions into Policy

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McKenna Davis

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At the practice forum "Climate Adaptation on the Ground", around 40 participants discussed political and legal options for promoting nature-based solutions for municipal climate adaptation in Germany.

Practice Forum: Climate Adaptation on Site

Political and legal options for nature-based solutions in municipalities


Berlin, Germany

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After three years of intensive work, the results of the project "Drought and Water Use Conflicts in Germany (WADKlim)" were presented and discussed at the conference. The conference was addressed to experts related to water management issues from federal agencies, state offices and ministries as well as from authorities at regional level. Representatives from research institutions, associations, as well as practitioners attended.

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Availability

Final conference of the WADKlim project (Drought and Water Use Conflicts in Germany)


Berlin, Germany

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Presentation:Speech
 
Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow of Ecologic Institute, gave a lecture on Germany's Federal Climate Change Act (KSG) as part of the TOP Executive Development (TED) Program of the Otto Group in Berlin. He presented the main features of the KSG, the impact of the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of March 2021, and challenges in achieving the targets of the KSG. . After the presentation, there was a discussion with Dr. Stephan Sina and the audience.

Germany's Federal Climate Change Act (KSG)


Dr. Stephan Sina

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On 21 June 2023, the final conference of the "Dialogforum private Haushalte" (dialogue forum private housholds) took place at TU Berlin. During the conference, the project team presented the results of their various data collection-efforts, including those of the Citizen Science Project "Deutschland rettet Lebensmittel" (Germany saves food), as well as representative surveys. These provide important insights into the effectiveness of measures to reduce food waste in private households.

Reduction of Food Waste in Private Households in Germany

Closing Conference


Berlin, Germany

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Social media card with a tree in the background. Text: Lebensquaöität, Klima und biologische Vielfalt zusammendenken! Wir suchen und begleiten Kommunen, die die EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie über einen Stadtnatur-PLan umsetzen wollen. Mehr erfahren und mitmachen!
European cities are to implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 with ambitious urban nature plans. Geisenheim University and Ecologic Institute are looking for municipalities that want to find out to what extent their open space concepts, biodiversity strategies, climate adaptation concepts, etc. can be considered an Urban Greening Plan, or how they can develop an Urban Greening Plan. What we offer is to provide advice and guidance to help you develop lessons that can be shared with other municipalities. Please register by the end of July 2023.
 

Wanted! Municipalities Interested in Implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 by Means of Urban Greening Plans

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We are holding an online survey for the European Commission to gather both evidence and the views of relevant stakeholders. Contributions are particularly sought from farmers, business and trade organisations' representatives along the agricultural value chain, foresters, national / regional / local authorities in the Member States, civil society organisations, academia and researchers in relevant fields.
 

Pricing Agricultural Emissions and Rewarding Climate Action in the Land Sector

Stakeholder survey

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