Das Vorwort von Jan Peter Schemmel, Sprecher der Geschäftsführung des Öko-Instituts
uns, dass wir als Öko-Institut mit unseren erfahrenen wie mit unseren neueren und jüngeren
Die Studie ergänzt die jüngsten Erkenntnisse der Internationalen Energieagentur (
This report assesses how results-based and action-based funding approaches should be used to promote climate-friendly soil management in Europe to deliver climate mitigation and support the agriculture sector’s transition to a net-zero future. It identifies considerable potential but also significant challenges of promoting climate-friendly soil management measures with these funding approaches. Additionally, ten existing carbon crediting mechanisms related to climate-friendly soil management are analyzed. The report concludes with recommendations on how funding approaches to promote different types of climate-friendly soil management measures should be used.
internationale Klimapolitik / Senior Researcher Energie & Klimaschutz Hannes Jung
The study addresses the possibilities for responsible management of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from domestic consumption in Nigeria. As there are currently no recycling and final treatment capacities for such batteries installed in Nigeria, it explores options for setting-up such capacities, including technical aspects and investments needs. The study takes into account the wider end-of-life battery recycling landscape and has an additional focus on feasible management options under an e-waste compensation scheme. While the study primarily focuses on Nigeria, many aspects are also relevant for other countries aiming to set-up own Li-ion battery recycling capacities.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Produkte & Stoffströme Reinhardt Smit Hannah Jung
Auf der Klimakonferenz in Kattowitz verhandeln die Delegierten über Regeln, um das Übereinkommen von Paris im Detail umsetzen zu können. Worauf es jetzt ankommt, erklärt Lorenz Moosmann in seinem Blogbeitrag.
zwar nicht das Regelwerk, aber ein weiteres zentrales Thema – die Rückmeldung zum jüngsten
Eine Gemeinschaft für mehr Solarstrom
Ältere und jüngere Menschen, mit Universitätsabschluss oder ohne“, sagt Dr.
können sie den Bedürfnissen einer älter werdenden Bevölkerung und dem Zuzug von Jüngeren
As consumers increasingly demand products with a low climate impact, being ‘green’ has become a competitiveness factor for companies in the European Union (EU). However, if these products and services do not have the claimed environmental benefits, it could hamper the green transition and mislead consumers. Climate-related claims, such as “carbon neutral” or “net zero”, are especially prone to being unclear and ambiguous. Such claims could be misinterpreted as that the product is not associated with any emissions or that the company has reduced its own emissions to zero. Moreover, there is growing evidence that many of the carbon credits that back these claims have questionable environmental integrity (Haya et al. 2023). To address these risks, the European Commission (hereafter: Commission) put forward a proposal for a directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (the ‚green claims directive‘, GCD) on 22 March 2023, which is currently in co-decision.1 In later stages of the
internationale Klimapolitik / Senior Researcher Energie & Klimaschutz Hannes Jung
The following study addresses the possibilities for responsible management of end-of-life flat panel displays in Nigeria. For this, it explores types of flat panel displays, their markets as well as responsible options for suitable recycling along their reverse value chain from collection, storage, de-pollution and dismantling to downstream solutions. A special focus is set on hazardous fractions such as mercury containing backlights and brominated flame retardants (BFR) in plastics. Furthermore, the study explores the implementation of the concept of ‘e-waste compensation’ (also called ‘offsetting’) in the context of flat panel screen recycling in Nigeria in practice. E-waste compensation is a concept where manufacturers and/or users of IT contribute to sustainable recycling of end-of-life devices. The study was carried out under the project E-waste Compensation as an international financing mechanism in Nigeria (ECoN) with the project partner Closing the Loop organizing environmentally friendly and suitable collection, transport and final management together with partners Verde Impacto Nigeria, Hinckley Recycling Ltd., in Nigeria. SRADev Nigeria and Oeko-Institut e.V. guide the project from a local policy and scientific perspective.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Produkte & Stoffströme Reinhardt Smit Hannah Jung
Hier bloggen wöchentlich die Mitarbeiter*innen des Öko-Instituts über Nachhaltigkeitsthemen, aktuelle Projekte und persönliche Sichtweisen.
Melanie Mbah und Ryan Kelly haben jüngst im Rahmen des Ensure-Projekts, das sich
