Joint press release by Oeko-Institut and RAP Berlin, 30. October 2024 New study highlights misalignment of gas infrastructure planning and decarbonisation goals Reforming the regulation of gas distribution systems will be crucial to aligning future energy demand with decarbonisation goals and protecting consumers, concludes a new study by Oeko Institut and the ...
Joint press release by Oeko-Institut, CCQI and Foundation Development and Climate Alliance Berlin, 12 September 2023 Factsheets released on different project types in the carbon market To contribute to achieving the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market need to be of high quality. ...
Press release Freiburg/Berlin, 29 August 2023 The future of road freight transport is electric The availability of a broad-scale and well-performing charging network by 2035 offers potential to increase new registrations of battery electric trucks to 100 per cent. The key entry point for ensuring the market success of zero-emission drive technologies is ...
Harnessing innovation to build a bio-based, climate-neutral and circular economy – that is the goal of Germany’s National Bioeconomy Strategy. But is Germany on track, and does development align with the overarching Sustainable Development Goals? Please excuse any double sendings Joint Press release Oeko-Institut and Symobio 2.0 Darmstadt, 18. April ...
Joint press release Freiburg/Berlin, 30. May 2022 – Embargoed until 31 May 2022, 3 pm CEST Quality of carbon credits: new interactive scoring tool online The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) today unveiled a new online scoring tool that allows users to evaluate the quality of carbon credits. This will ...
The management of forests, cropland and grassland impacts on the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These activities must therefore be taken into account in the EU's Climate Target Plan. The EU Parliament and the European Council are currently arguing about the "how". The outcome of this ...
Press release Freiburg/Berlin, 11 December 2020 Further design of EU climate target for 2030 decisive for climate protection Just in time for the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, the European Council has decided to tighten the EU's climate targets. By 2030, the EU is to reduce ...
Press release Freiburg/Berlin, 14 May 2020 Close gap in the law to improve environmental standards in online shopping Some sellers of electronic equipment from non-EU countries such as China who market their products on the Internet do not contribute to the costs incurred in Germany for the collection ...
Dear press colleagues, Researchers at Oeko-Institut and Adelphi question the environmental benefits of a new UN program to address international aviation emissions – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Our blog post analyses why CORSIA is unlikely to generate any actual emission reductions in its initial phase from 2021 to 2023, why its rules for forestry carbon credits are ...
Press release Freiburg/Berlin, 31 October 2018 EU collection rate: More than half of all batteries disappear Poor collection rates for portable batteries, inadequate targets for lithium-ion batteries and a lack of incentives for those responsible to collect more waste batteries. An Oeko-Institut led study - in collaboration with Trinomics - for the ...
