35 running Projects // 361 Projects in total

• Developing New Methodologies to Assess the Sustainability Impacts of Trade Policies (SIA Method)

  Das Projekt entwicklete im Auftrag der Europäischen Kommission neue Methoden, um die Effekte internationaler Handelsbeziehungen besser und breiter evaluieren zu können. Diese Methoden sollten geeignet sein, um Effekte in [...] More

• Cost-benefit analysis of flood protection measures

  The research project examined the cost-benefit ratios of alternative flood protection strategies from an integrated river basin-related perspective. In collaboration with the Federal Institute of Hydrology, technical flood [...] More

• Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E)

  The Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E) is designed to provide an opportunity for the large and growing community of European researchers working on trade and environment issues to meet regularly, to discuss [...] More

• Potentials and application perspectives for bionics. Proximity to nature as an opportunity and as a risk

  The main focus of the approach pursued here consists in a systematisation of the approaches and fields of bionics (in particular against the background of the current dynamic differentiation between bionic approaches). [...] More

• Turn-around in food-consumption and nutrition

  The joint research project aims to discibe the dynamics and changes between environment, nutrition and health. The previous product oriented approach in science and politics will be confronted with the integrated approach [...] More

• Evaluation of EMAS and the Eco-label for their Revision (EVER)

  Sustainable development is a global objective and the European Commission has a responsibility in playing a key role to promote sustainable development within the EU. In such context of growing environmental awareness the [...] More

• Governance and Sustainability – New Approaches and Networks for Social-Ecological Governance Neue Zugänge und Netzwerke für eine sozial-ökologische Steuerung

  Der dynamische Wandel von Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Umwelt verändert die Kontextbedingungen für eine sozial-ökologische Steuerung gesellschaftlicher Entwicklung. Auf allen politischen, wirtschaftlichen und räumlichen [...] More

• Elements of a sustainability oriented Green Budget Reform Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für konkrete Umsetzungsmaßnahmen

  Green budget reform, differentiation of value added tax, business development reform, sustainability assessment More

• IPP Indicators

  The objectives of the project could be splitted up into five phases: Phase 1 Summarise existing IPP-related indicators, assessing their use-fulness for monitoring the environmental impacts of a European IPP that could be [...] More

• The sustainable office

  The overriding aim of the transdisciplinary project was to make a practical analytical contribution towards clarifying the basic requirements, protagonist and network structures, conditions for success and sustainability [...] More

• More credibility through audit certificates?

  This project is intended to support the discussion about the benefits of and the necessity for the certification of environment and sustainability reports using objective arguments. In this context, the strategies related to [...] More

• Orientation report for product-related challlenges of a sustainable economy

  Purpose of this report is the preparation of a BMBF-programme focussing towards procut-related challenges of sustainable economy in the framework of the German research programme sustainability (FONA): Which chances and [...] More

• Ranking of German Sustainability and CSR Reports

  The German Ranking of sustainability and CSR reporting continues the past rankings of environmental reporting in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2000. The new ranking takes up the development of sustainability management and CSR as well [...] More

• PVACCEPT - Improving photovoltaic acceptability through innovative architectural design.

  The research and developement projekt PVACCEPT (funded by EU) is investigating the thesis about about the role of non-technical and non-economical factors that influence the diffusion of photovoltaics, especially the role of [...] More

• Development of policy instruments for increased use of renewable energy sources in heat production

  The project aims at the assessment of policy instruments which target the increased use of renewable energy sources for heat production. Within the project, we will select an appropriate set of policy instruments and give [...] More