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Enhancing Public Support for Climate Policy: Addressing Research Gaps and Necessities

Enhancing Public Support for Climate Policy: Addressing Research Gaps and Necessities

Dirk Arne Heyen summarizes the key messages of the webinar about climate policy acceptability. Weiterlesen →
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Study reveals major climate change mitigation potential in film production

Study reveals major climate change mitigation potential in film production

The greenhouse gas emissions of film productions and TV series have been systematically analysed in a comprehensive study for the first time. The idea for a sustainability initiative came from the film industry itself and aimed to ensure that in future, climate impacts are taken into account and mitigated from the start of production onwards. Weiterlesen →
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“Continuity is the maxim”

“Continuity is the maxim”

Managing science well – that was what Susanne Fröschl’s work was all about during her time on the Oeko-Institut’s executive board. She now leaves the institute after a stint of… Weiterlesen →
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Waste management in practice in Ghana and Nigeria

Waste management in practice in Ghana and Nigeria

Tobias Schleicher, scientist at the Oeko-Institut, was on the road in West Africa, where two of his waste management projects are on the home straight. In this blog post, Tobias Schleicher describes his impressions. Weiterlesen →
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Goodbye, nuclear power!

Goodbye, nuclear power!

The latest issue of the Oeko-Institut’s eco@work magazine turns the spotlight on the phase-out of nuclear power. So let’s take a look back at nuclear power in Germany. Weiterlesen →
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The world waits for action on climate pledges

The world waits for action on climate pledges

Whenever the COPs are in the spotlight, there is a tendency to launch a raft of new initiatives. But do they have any effect? Anke Herold and Lorenz Moosmann have been looking at what became of three initiatives that emerged from COP26. Weiterlesen →
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Transcript of the podcast: “Protecting the climate with emissions trading?”

Transcript of the podcast: “Protecting the climate with emissions trading?”

"Wenden, bitte!" [All change, please!] The podcast on science and sustainable transitions. Guest in episode 14 is the scientist Verena Graichen from the Oeko-Institut. Weiterlesen →
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Transcript of the podcast: The heat transition

Transcript of the podcast: The heat transition

"Wenden, bitte!" [All change, please!] The podcast on science and sustainable transitions. Guest in episode 13 is the scientist Dr Veit Bürger from the Oeko-Institut Weiterlesen →
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