43 running Projects // 395 Projects in total

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  SMART-Mess Innovative metering solutions for community-based energy and community-driven energy supply

  In the field of community-based energy, new supply models are emerging, such as tenant electricity projects, community-based building energy supply, and, in the future, energy sharing. These models place special demands on [...] More

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  EnerFair Making community energy socially inclusive: Participation for low-income households

  Citizen energy communities are considered a promising organizational model for the energy transition, as they combine local value creation with democratic participation and civic engagement. Nevertheless, certain population [...] More

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  Heating transition in Berlin's Schöneberger Norden district – WärmSchöN Development of blueprints for the implementation of heat planning in the neighborhood in the interaction of district, state and local actors using the example of the ‘Schöneberger Norden’ area

  Heat planning in Berlin involves installing small-scale district heating networks based on local renewable energy sources and waste heat for many inner-city districts without existing district heating. There are, however, [...] More

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  Rotliegend as a lithium resource in the North German Basin – from exploration to extraction RoLiXX

  Lithium is a key raw material for battery production and, consequently, for the energy and transportation transitions. However, despite rapidly rising demand, European and German extraction and processing capacities have so [...] More

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  Nature Credits State of the art, analysis of approaches and development of recommendations

  Nature credits are tradeable certificates in the form of a quantitatively measurable and verifiable unit that documents a positive contribution to biodiversity. They aim to preserve biological diversity and counteract [...] More

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  Fiscal and socioeconomic effects of sustainable urban development measures

  Climate change and adaptation pose major challenges for sustainable urban development. Cities are expected to contribute to climate protection. At the same time, dealing with heavy rainfall and heat is becoming increasingly [...] More

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  KommWeiter: Implementing the Municipal Heating Transition Synthesis and Research Transfer

  Municipal heat planning is a key component of a future climate-neutral heat supply. For the heating transition to succeed, it is crucial that the measures and projects specified in the heat plans are implemented locally. [...] More

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  EQUAL-Q: Energy-efficient planning for social neighbourhood development

  Energy-efficient neighborhood planning is an important component in successfully implementing the transition in the heating sector. It enables the development of cross-building, neighborhood-wide measures and strategies to [...] More

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  Green for Everyone? Just transition to resilient urban neighborhoods

  Cities face the challenge of becoming climate-resilient while simultaneously solving social problems such as housing shortages and rising living costs. Resilient urban neighborhoods therefore require a just transformation [...] More

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  Brochure “Water bodies and floodplains” Benefits for society, incorporating current data and new examples for evaluating ecosystem services

  Natural and near-natural river landscapes – water bodies and their adjacent floodplains – are highly valuable to society because they provide a wide range of functions and services. They are hotspots for biodiversity, and [...] More

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  Multi-level governance of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) with use of biomass in cascades (BioCas)

  Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a top priority in achieving internationally agreed climate targets. However, modeling shows that reaching greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 will also require additional approaches that [...] More

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  Federal Award “Blue Compass” 2026 Organisation and implementation of the competition round

  Since 2016, the federal award “Blue Compass” has been Germany's highest state honor for projects aimed at preventing and adapting to the consequences of climate change. Since 2021, the federal award has been presented jointly [...] More

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  Environmental Awareness Study 2026 Representative survey on environmental awareness and behavior 2026 including scientific analyses

  

  Since 1996, environmental awareness in Germany has been regularly surveyed in representative surveys of the German-speaking resident population. The 2026 Environmental Awareness Study, commissioned by the Federal Ministry for [...] More

• KWAPE – Municipal heat planning to activate private house owners

  Owner-occupiers of single-family or two-family houses play a decisive role shaping the heat transition through their private investment decisions. They decide whether, and if so when and how extensively, they refurbish their [...] More

• Quincy – Qualification Innovation through Network Collaboration and Technology

  

  The workforce required to build solar parks represents a bottleneck for the energy transition. Can digital innovations help to train unskilled workers faster and more effectively? The Quincy research and development project [...] More

• Climate Risk Assessment 2028/29

  Which consequences of climate change will be particularly severe in Germany, and how well are we prepared? According to the Climate Adaptation Act, a climate risk analysis must examine these questions every eight years. The [...] More

• Strengthening the Social Solidarity Economy – through networking and transfer

  The project supports networking and knowledge transfer in the social solidarity economy in Germany. To this end, the association “Social Solidarity Economy Germany” (German: “https://kooperativ-wirtschaften.de/Verbund [...] More

• Forum EnShare Dialogue platform for energy sharing communities

  The energy transition thrives on participation. Energy sharing offers the opportunity to participate in the energy transition, even for players without their own generation facilities. The shared use of electricity from [...] More

• BEWEGT: The energy transition society Accompanying research for the energy transition and society funding priority in the energy research program

  

  The accompanying research and coordination project for the energy transition and society area of the energy research program, BEWEGT for short, pursues two strategic goals: Firstly, the projects are to be brought into an [...] More

• Report on the role of building efficiency in the heating transition

  For a long time, there was a scientific and political consensus that the goals of the heating transition in the building sector can only be achieved if a change of energy producer and ambitious efficiency measures on the [...] More

• Innovation ecosystems for community-led energy (InnoEGE)

  In Germany, over 2,000 citizen energy communities, with more than 500,000 members, are driving a decentralized energy transition. From tenant electricity to neighborhood heating and energy sharing, these models are diverse, [...] More

• Nationwide community for citizen-based energy supply in regional innovation ecosystems CommunitE-Innovation

  

  In Germany, over 2,000 citizens' energy communities with more than 500,000 members are an important driver of the decentralized energy transition. Citizens join forces and jointly operate renewable energy plants. Through [...] More

• The Role of Emotions in Social Innovations for Sustainable Consumption REsI

  

  Many people participate in energy cooperatives or community-supported agriculture, repair everyday items in repair cafés, or live in communal housing arrangements. What all these social innovations for sustainable consumption [...] More

• Biodiversity-promoting climate measures in urban areas

  Trees are an indispensable part of our cities. They offer shade, cool the environment, improve air quality and provide habitats for numerous animal and plant species. At the same time, urban trees are under great pressure in [...] More

• UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 Phase II – Implementation

  The United Nations have declared the years 2021 to 2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The aim is to improve the condition of vital ecosystems such as peatlands and wetlands, water bodies, floodplains and forests, as [...] More

• Contentious politics and democratic renewal in sustainability transitions (Trans4Demo)

  

  Pluralist liberal democracy is under pressure in many countries. Right-wing populists are achieving electoral success with slogans that are anti-European and directed against migration and sustainability. But supporters of an [...] More

• Policy Mix 4 Mobility Policy mixes for urban mobility transitions: Diffusing sustainable mobility options whilst reducing car dependency

  

  One of the greatest challenges facing cities is car dependency, which is linked to socio-economic inequalities, health issues, greenhouse gas emissions, and air pollution. Much work has gone into finding technological [...] More

• Development of a master plan to manage structural change in the Elbe-Elster region Regional VerwEErtbar

  The Elbe-Elster region in the south of the state of Brandenburg is affected by the phase-out of lignite mining and the associated change processes. It is part of the structural change region of Lusatia. Based on the status [...] More

• Study on mapping the alternative economy in the state of Bremen

  There are many alternative economy actors that primarily pursue socio-ecological or public welfare objectives. They include, for example, social enterprises, citizens' cooperatives, collective enterprises and organizations of [...] More

• OptiPort – Development and evaluation of optimized climate-neutral refurbishment paths for the portfolio management of multi-family housing stocks taking into account restrictions

  Housing companies play a decisive role in achieving the goal of a climate-neutral building stock. Unlike private actors, they always have the entire portfolio in mind when it comes to energy-efficient refurbishment and [...] More

• Resource-efficient use of excess sludge and waste from the textile industry through the regional creation of cycles

  

  In the textile industry, considerable amounts of waste are produced before the products are marketed. A large proportion of this is waste such as offcuts, fibres and yarn remnants (post-industrial waste) as well as excess [...] More

• Improving the assessment of the climate impact of the Urban Development Support programme

  Cities and municipalities are under increasing pressure to effectively address the consequences of climate change – such as more frequent heat waves and heavy rainfall – while simultaneously continuing to actively reduce [...] More

• Successful energy-efficient refurbishment through cooperation

  Currently, rented apartment buildings are still rarely ambitiously renovated in terms of energy efficiency. Landlords perceive such refurbishments as challenging, not least because the economic benefits are low, and the [...] More

• Strengthening regional value creation through renewable energies

  What value creation and employment potential do renewable energies offer the regions in Germany? How can municipalities and citizens benefit from the regional economic effects and what opportunities are there to exploit the [...] More

• Energy Transition and Gender (EPOS) Potentials for Strengthening Diversity in Citizen Energy

  

  To ensure the success of the energy transition, it is not enough to simply “create acceptance” or “bring people on board”. As a societal challenge, the energy transition requires broad segments of the population to actively [...] More

• Alliances for Environmental Protection II Transdisciplinary Collaboration between Environmental/Social Organizations and Academia on Issues of a Socially Just Resource Transition

  

  The resource crisis is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, significantly driving both species extinction and the climate crisis. Over 90 percent of biodiversity loss and water scarcity, along with [...] More

• Evaluating participation of young people in the context of education for sustainable development

  Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims to equip people of all ages with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to shape a sustainable and just future. Young people have a crucial role to play in [...] More

• PyFlex – Pyrolysis as an intersectoral flexibility measure in the German Energy System

  Biochar can remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store carbon in the long-term. In the pyrolysis production process, biomass residues are converted into coal at high temperatures and in the absence of oxygen. Pyrolysis also [...] More

• Monetization approaches for ecosystem services on federal waterways and integration options in benefit-cost analyses

  In contrast to other modes of transport such as roads or railways, federal waterways and their catchment areas are not only transport routes, but also ecosystems. They make a valuable contribution to biodiversity, the water [...] More

• Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 Representative survey on environmental awareness and environmental behavior in 2024 including scientific analyses

  

  The Environmental Awareness Study by the German Environmental Agency (UBA) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) has been surveying environmental [...] More

• Digital Technologies and nature-based Climate Protection in Municipalities (DiNaKom)

  Cities and municipalities are feeling the effects of climate change, for example in the form of heat stress, water shortages and flooding. This damages buildings, infrastructure, health, and nature. Natural climate protection [...] More

• Thermal energy storage potential for the state of Berlin

  Around half of Berlin's CO2 emissions are attributable to the heating sector. Its sustainable transformation is therefore fundamental to the city's climate neutrality target by 2045. Heat storages are an important component [...] More

• Strengthening green public procurement through science-based support services

  Public procurement has the greatest economic leverage for transforming product markets in Germany towards sustainability among all policy instruments in the domain of “sustainable consumption and production”. The OECD [...] More

• RePack network. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Sustainable packaging of food Networking and transfer program for plastics reduction

  

  Whether it's ice cream tubs, potted herbs in the supermarket or to-go salads, food is often packaged in plastic that is only used for a short time and is rarely reused or recycled. In addition to the considerable consumption [...] More

• Carbon Dioxide Removal: Recommendations for biodiversity-friendly implementation in Germany

  According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it will be necessary to actively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere to effectively limit global warming to a maximum of 1,5 degrees. To this end, [...] More

• Environmental economic report 2024 for the state North Rhine-Westphalia

  The Green Economy Report of North Rhine-Westphalia presents the economic and ecological significance of the state's Green Economy. It supports the Ministry for the Environment, Nature and Transport in implementing the [...] More

• Further development and testing of integrative urban-regional adaptation strategies in a polycentric growth region: Model region Stuttgart ISAP II

  The effects of climate change are already visible in the Stuttgart Region today – primarily through increasing heat stress and frequent heavy rainfall events. In the ISAP I project an online information and advisory system [...] More

• Value of Green Urban Spaces III Extension and transfer of the economic valuation of ecosystem services from urban green

  Urban green spaces offer a variety of ecological benefits beyond recreational areas, particularly concerning the impacts of climate change. During heatwaves, they contribute to cooling and mitigate flooding during heavy [...] More

• Building Dialogue Dialogue formats and communication tools for a participatory heat transition

  The heating transition in the building sector is picking up speed. However, building owners are not sufficiently aware of this: New and far-reaching requirements of federal funding for efficient buildings and the Building [...] More

• Support to the development of a bioeconomy strategy for the Federal State of Brandenburg by organizing public participation and editorial work

  In order to further advance the transition from an economy based on fossil fuels to a sustainable, innovative economy based on natural material cycles, the Brandenburg state parliament has decided to develop a own bioeconomy [...] More