46 running Projects // 340 Projects in total

• Climate Plan Brandenburg Development of a Climate Protection Strategy for the State of Brandenburg

  The Paris Agreement, which is binding under international law and was adopted at the 21st International Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, has provided a new basis for climate protection policy in all countries. [...] More

• New societal alliances for just transition pathways in Germany

  The climate and biodiversity crises continue to come to a dramatic head, while the political responses to these challenges remain inadequate, even after the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court. Climate targets have [...] More

• ENGAGE – Participation for a Sustainable Common Good

  

  The project ENGAGE  explores the conditions under which civic participation contributes to a sustainable common good. The term refers to both - public common good of present and future generations and thus the protection of [...] More

• Value of Green Urban Spaces II Continuation and transfer at federal and neighbourhood level

  

  The project "Value of Green Urban Spaces" has developed a tool to map and evaluate the benefits of green spaces in four participating cities to illustrate the ecosystem services of urban green spaces. Compared to the status [...] More

• Bits & Bäume – Conference 2022 The conference for digitalisation and sustainability

  

  Bits & Bäume is the largest German civil society alliance at the nexus of sustainability and digitalisation. It tackles issues such as the raw material and electricity needs of digital devices, data sufficiency, cooperative [...] More

• DETECTIVE – Energy saving through digitalisation Systematic recording and evaluation of the energy saving potential of digital applications in the electricity and heat sector

  The smart meter roll-out – at least for the electricity sector - is ready to start. In the next few years, this market launch will create the technical infrastructure for the digitalization of the energy transition, which, in [...] More

• Digitalization for Sustainability: Science in Dialogue

  The dialogue project “Digitalization for Sustainability: Science in Dialogue” aims at systematically connecting expert researchers from European academia and think tanks in order to co-create interdisciplinary approaches [...] More

• Opportunities and Risks of Digitization in Agriculture from the Perspective of Natural and Environmental Protection

  Agriculture is facing immense ecological challenges such as the loss of biodiversity loss and climate change. Is the use of digital technologies in crop production a solution to these challenges? These have long been used in [...] More

• Indirect positive contributions from renewable energies to nature conservation InPositive

  Renewable energies contribute to climate protection and thus to the preservation of ecosystems by saving fossil fuels. In addition, their use has direct and indirect consequences on ecosystems and ecosystem services in the [...] More

• Right Seeds? Commons-based rights on seeds and seed varieties as a driver for socio-ecological transformations in plant cultivation

  

  Seeds, which were traditionally a public good, are increasingly commercialized by strengthened property rights and growing market powers of transnational agribusiness. This trend is accompanied by increases in productivity, [...] More

• Business models for reducing plastic waste along the value chain: Towards innovative trends in retailing Innoredux

  

  The idea and aim of the Innoredux project is to avoid or reduce plastic waste along the value chain in both distance selling and stationary trade. As part of this, the project partners cooperate with a number of industrial [...] More

• Testing of a participation portfolio for optimizing participatory processes for the further development of the German Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change (DAS)

  In 2015, the German Federal Government has developed further the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (DAS) by publishing the first progress report and the Action Plan for Adaptation (APA II). The documents lay [...] More

• BlueGreenStreets Multifunctional planning of urban streetscapes and quarters

  

  Urban green spaces and blue infrastructures are not only of great importance for the quality of life, but also for the microclimate of a city quarter. In growing cities, more and more green spots have to give way to [...] More

• GartenLeistungen Urban Gardens and Parcs: Multidimensional services for socially, ecologically and economically sustainable management of urban areas and flows of materials

  

  The project investigates the multidimensional services of urban gardens and parks for urban society. An extended evaluation of these services provides reliable information that should be considered in political decisions [...] More

• Ranking of sustainability reports 2021 with a conceptual study on corporate digital responsibility

  

  The ranking of sustainability reports has been carried out jointly by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and the business initiative future e. V. - verantwortung unternehmen since 1994. Based on a [...] More