Contribution to the 2011 Flagship Survey of the German Advisory Council on Global Change

Project
Duration: Jan - Mar 2009

Ecologic Institute contributed to the main survey of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen, WBGU) for 2011. In its analysis for the WBGU, Ecologic Institute analyzed the American, British, Chinese, German, Japanese and South Korean economic and financial stimulus packages and their environmental implications. The analysis is available for download.

In its survey, "World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability", the WBGU argues for the necessity of a post-carbon economy. It also shows that the transition to sustainability is feasible and presents a series of concrete measures in ten different categories.

The analysis in German [pdf, 5.1 MB] and English [pdf, 4.8 MB], including a summary in English is available for download at the website of the German Advisory Council on Global Change.

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Publication:Document

This brief expert report analyses the extent to which the economic stimulus packages launched in 2009 have the potential to drive forward a fundamental and sustainable transformation of the economy or to create new "path dependencies", i.e. to encourage businesses to remain in traditional industries or production methods that have been identified as unsustainable. For these purposes, this study analyses the economic stimulus packages of Germany, Great Britain, South Korea and the USA and briefly presents the programmes of China and Japan. Only initial estimates can be made in the context of this study, assuming that every euro or dollar spent in a given area has a similar environmental impact.

Analyse der Konjunkturprogramme zur Bewältigung der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise aus Umweltsicht

Expertise für das WBGU-Hauptgutachten

Year 2009

Funding: German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Germany
Partner: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

Prof. Dr. Michael Mehling, LLM

Katharina Umpfenbach
Duration: Jan - Mar 2009
Project ID: 221-08
Keywords: Climate

Energy

Green Economy, Low-Carbon Economy, Stimulus Packages, Transformation

Germany, UK, USA, Japan, South Korea, China

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PublicationDocument Analyse der Konjunkturprogramme zur Bewältigung der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise aus Umweltsicht

This brief expert report analyses the extent to which the economic stimulus packages launched in 2009 have the potential to drive forward a fundamental and sustainable transformation of the economy or to create new "path dependencies", i.e. to encourage businesses to... Read more

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils; Michael Mehling and Katharina Umpfenbach 2009: Analyse der Konjunkturprogramme zur Bewältigung der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise aus Umweltsicht. Expertise für das WBGU-Hauptgutachten "Welt im Wandel: Gesellschaftsvertrag für eine Große Transformation". Berlin: Ecologic Institute.