Günter Dehoust

Policy Brief

Circular Economy – Wellbeing within Planetary Boundaries

This Policy Brief summarises Oeko-Institut’s recommendations for policymakers. Developed on the basis of our scientific findings, these recommendations are intended to provide guidance for political representatives in their decision-making for a circular economy.

An assessment of environmental hazard potentials of raw materials from mining and recommendations for an ecological raw materials policy

Environmental Criticality of Raw Materials

Within the project OekoRess II, more than 50 mineral raw materials were evaluated with regard to the environmental hazard potential of mining using and further refining the methodology developed in the predecessor project OekoRess I. The evaluation system consists of eight indicators on geological,

Influence of the service life of products in terms of their environmental impact: Establishing an information base and developing strategies against "obsolescence"

The aim of the study is to create a sound data basis for describing and assessing the phenomenon of obsolescence and the trends in achieved product lifespan and service life and, based on this, to develop strategies against obsolescence. The results show that electrical and electronic equipment is b

The environmental criticality of primary raw materials – A new methodology to assess global environmental hazard potentials of minerals and metals from mining

Environmental aspects are more and more relevant for raw material policy-making and responsible sourcing strategies. This trend is partly based on growing public awareness of problems and impacts associated with extraction and processing of ores and minerals. Disaster events such as the tailing

Summary of second final report

Climate Protection Scenario 2050

The results of the first round of modelling were published in August 2014. The results of the second round of modelling are now available and are provided in this report. Three scenarios were created for the time frame up to 2050. The framework of targets for Germany, which its 2010/2011 Energy Conc

Recycling comes first – Energy turnaround without refuse incineration

Article published in recovery 1/2014