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On our press pages you can find the latest news from Oeko-Institut, selected press photos and easy-to-understand background information on our research areas. Please don´t hesitate to contact us by phone or per email if you have any questions or queries.
Latest Press releases
Eliminate climate-damaging subsidies, tighten CORSIA
Air transport: Fewer privileges, more climate action
Germany should campaign for EU-wide taxation of aviation kerosene and increase the aviation tax so that it offsets the absence of VAT on international…
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Insulate and use renewable energies
How the Building Sector Can Achieve Its Climate Targets After All
With the currently adopted climate protection measures, Germany will neither achieve its previous, nor the more stringent European, climate protection…
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"Long-haul” to environmental podcasts
Oeko-Institut launches science and sustainable transformations podcast
Today sees the release of the first episode of the Oeko-Institut podcast: “All change, please! The science and sustainable transformations podcast”.…
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Contribution of companies to Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability evaluation of products and services
The ZNU – Center for Sustainable Leadership at Witten/Herdecke University and the Oeko-Institut have devised a method to measure the achievement of…
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Forest protection is climate protection
Land use in the EU Climate Target Plan 2030: Ecosystems are more than carbon reservoirs
The management of forests, cropland and grassland impacts on the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These activities must therefore be…
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More climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions than assumed
Too often in combustion engine mode: plug-in hybrids put transport sector’s climate targets at risk
The boom in electric vehicles in Germany is currently driven substantially by the larger plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), with company cars accounting for…
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Background information
Here you will get background information on key research areas of Oeko-Institut. more
Newsletter
Our EcoMail keeps you informed about current research activities, new publications, exciting reports from the…
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Infographics
Here you can find the latest infographics from our projects. All graphs and diagrams have a CC license and can…
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Images
Here you can find images of the Executive Board and our offices. To download a printable version of an image, please click on the relevant thumbnail image. more