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More acceptance for environmental policy
Approaches to sustainable environmental policy
The challenges faced by environmental policy are constantly changing. The research project “Environmental Policy in the 21st Century” has therefore… more
CO2 price for transport and building sector
Getting climate protection on track: How socially balanced CO2 pricing works
A joint study by Agora Verkehrswende, Agora Energiewende, the Oeko-Institut and the Freie Universität Berlin shows how a CO2 price of 50 euros per ton… more
A carbon levy on the energy tax is the best option
Emissions trading or carbon pricing? An analysis
Integrating further sectors such as transport or buildings into emissions trading is a lengthy and complex process. Realistically, any such expansion… more
Goodbye to Michael Sailer
Oeko-Institut: CEO Michael Sailer retires
Our Chief Executive Officer Michael Sailer retires on 1 August 2019 after 39 years at the Oeko-Institut. During these four decades, he made a major… more
Necessary criteria for the sustainable production of PtX
PtX needs sustainability rules: additional renewable power is key to protecting the climate
Fuels produced from electricity – known as power-to-X (PtX) – are not necessarily sustainable or climate-friendly. They have a positive climate… more
How to implement the transport transition?
Less emissions, more quality of life: How to make transport sustainable?
The transport sector is not yet contributing anything to climate change mitigation: its emissions in 2018, at around 163 million tonnes of CO2… more
General Assembly confirms Committee appointments
Committee elections
On 15 June 2019, the Oeko-Institut’s General Assembly in Darmstadt re-elected several external members of the Committee. Professor Gerald Kirchner,… more
Out now: Annual report 2018
Science in transition – Annual Report 2018
Last year was a year of extremes – politically and in particular meteorologically. The unusual weather conditions once more focused people’s attention… more