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COP26 will be crucial to international market mechanisms
World Climate Conference: Preparatory analysis for the EU Parliament
In recent months many countries have submitted new climate targets. However, these are insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. In…
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Series of events to mark the anniversary
Knowledge for Change: Ten Years of Ecornet
The network of independent institutes for environmental and sustainability research marks its tenth anniversary. In 2011, eight non-profit scientific…
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Change towards sustainability
Environmentally sound, collective and fair. Considering the social aspects of transformation
Climate and environmental policy plays a big part in the transition towards greater sustainability – and hence also in the future wellbeing of all.…
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Supply chains: they look harmless, but they aren’t
Climate due diligence in future supply chain law
Environmental due diligence requirements feature to only a very limited extent in the German government’s new Supply Chain Act. Work on extending such…
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the organic milk scores in terms of its carbon footprint
Organic pasture-based milk delivers environmental benefit
From an environmental perspective, milk that is produced on organic farms is better than conventionally produced milk. The extensive avoidance of…
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CO2 compensation for climate protection
Oeko-Institut joins international governance body on voluntary carbon market
Today, the Oeko-Institut becomes a founding sponsor of a new international governance body on the voluntary carbon market. In the voluntary carbon…
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Two ways of closing loopholes
More than cheating software: ANTICSS highlights all roads to circumvention of EU ecodesign and energy labelling
The regulatory requirements on the energy consumption and performance of electrical appliances can be circumvented by manipulating the laboratory…
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Nuclear power: no classification as sustainable
Nuclear energy - not a source of significant harm?
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) report, produced on behalf of the European Commission to assess whether nuclear energy can cause “significant harm” to…
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