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17.12.2019 – 15:40

Germany Trade & Invest
Germany redoubles efforts to attract qualified foreign workers / German governmental and business leaders launch major push to expand skilled labor force

Berlin (ots) - State and private sector representatives in Germany - including Chancellor Angela Merkel, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil - came together for a top-level summit on Monday, 16 December, to accelerate efforts to attract qualified workers to the country. The event ...

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11.12.2019 – 08:40

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)

Recommendations for Responding to the Fridays for Future Movement

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02.12.2019 – 15:29

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
UN Climate Change Conference: The IASS at COP25 - Live-Blog

Press Release UN Climate Change Conference: The IASS at COP25 Taking place in Madrid from 2 to 13 December, COP 25 will focus on the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) are contributing to many different events at the conference (see below for more ...
The IASS Live-Blog

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01.10.2019 – 11:21

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
The Deployment of Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies Takes a Key Step Forward

Press Release The Deployment of Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies Takes a Key Step Forward International Effort Establishes Global Standards to Meet Tech's Growth and Opportunity Across Sectors BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - On October 1st, 2019, representatives from EIT Climate-KIC, the Global CO2 Initiative, the Phoenix Initiative, and other interested stakeholders ...

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18.09.2019 – 10:22

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
Climate Protection and Clean Air: An Integrated Approach

Press Release Climate Protection and Clean Air: An Integrated Approach Potsdam, 18.09.2019. From 23 - 25 September 2019, heads of government from around the world will convene at the United Nations' General Assembly to discuss efforts to advance climate action and global sustainable development. The summit aims to boost national ambitions to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and will review the implementation ...

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02.09.2019 – 10:32

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
Europe's Future is Renewable - Interactive map of Europe

Press Release Europe's Future is Renewable Electricity from renewable sources could power many regions and cities across Europe Europe has enough solar and wind resources to meet its electricity demand entirely from renewable sources. A new study by researchers at the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS) in ...
Interactive map of Europe

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27.08.2019 – 09:23

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
The Lessons of Failed Energy Policies

The Lessons of Failed Energy Policies Potsdam, 27 August 2019. Even though electricity generated from solar and wind energy is becoming increasingly cost-competitive, the expansion of renewable energies continues to depend on policy support. When such support is lacking, setbacks to the energy transition can often result - as seen ...
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02.05.2019 – 11:30

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
Energy Transition: Populism is the Path to the Worst Case Scenario

Press release Q&A Energy Transition: Populism is the Path to the Worst Case Scenario The transition to a net-zero-emission economy will creat rivalries, winners and losers. What scenarios are possible? As part of the Geopolitics and Energy Transformation 2030 (GET 2030) project at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), a research team has looked into what developments are conceivable in the ...

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29.04.2019 – 13:49

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
Most Affected, Least Heard

PRESS RELEASE Participation of affected communities in the international climate negotiations Most Affected, Least Heard It seems reasonable to expect that the people who suffer most from the impacts of climate change are represented in the international climate negotiations. Patrick Toussaint, a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), has analysed the status quo from the perspective of international law. He concludes that those who currently ...

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10.01.2019 – 10:53

BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
BDI President Kempf: Strengthen the European Union to better compete with China

Berlin (ots) - - The organisation formulates 54 demands addressed to the German Federal Government and the European Commission - Making the market economy more resilient - Calls for new security controls on foreign investments The President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Dieter Kempf, has called on the German Federal Government and the European ...

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19.12.2018 – 12:29

Germany Trade & Invest
Germany bets a billion on batteries

Berlin (ots) - A Franco-German agreement on battery cell production, signed off by Federal Minister for Economics and Energy Peter Altmaier and his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire on Tuesday, could pave the way for EUR1bn of EU funding for large-scale battery cell production in Germany. Germany's government has, according to the declaration, already reserved the amount for supporting the development of battery cell ...

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