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    Transformation in der Industrie

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    Efficiency only? An analysis of avoid, shift and improve strategies in EU member states' long-term mitigation policy

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    Despite ambitious EU targets, national emission trajectories reported by member states continue to fall short of achieving the necessary reductions. This implementation gap raises the question of what mitigation strategies and instruments member states rely on to meet internationally binding climate targets. To explore this, we scrutinise 1584 implemented, adopted, or planned mitigation policies across the sectors of agriculture, transport, energy consumption, and industry using qualitative content analyses. Our findings reveal substantial discrepancies in the distribution of mitigation strategies. Efficiency improvements dominate EU mitigation efforts, comprising 54 % of proposed measures. In contrast, policies promoting shifts to low-carbon alternatives represent only 14 %, while those avoiding energy or service demand make up just 2 %. Even when considering broader policy mixes that include elements of shifting and reducing final demand, these strategies remain under-represented across all sectors, particularly in industry and agriculture. The remaining share of reported mitigation policies, accounting for 21 %, focus on altering broader regulatory frameworks and incentive structures, underscoring their critical role in EU member states' mitigation efforts. Additionally, we find member states to rely predominantly on economic and regulatory policy instruments, with substantial variation across mitigation strategies and sectors. Our findings carry important policy implications, unveiling EU's reliance on efficiency-centred approaches to achieve climate targets. Given the implementation gap and the untapped potential of demand-side measures, diversifying mitigation strategies could enhance the EU's ability to meet legally binding climate targets

    Globale Umweltpolitik im Schatten des Entwicklungsdenkens

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    The road to corporate net-zero

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    Technical documentation for the financial carbon footprint of loans by GLS Bank in 2024 : scope 3.15 emission intensities & methodology

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    This report is the result of work conducted on behalf of GLS Bank in 2025. The corresponding work package aims to calculate and operationalize the Financial Carbon Footprint of GLS Bank loans (indirect GHG emissions under Scope 3.15). The document at hand constitutes the "technical documentation" for this work. The research project that forms the basis of this report was carried out on behalf of GLS Bank. GLS Bank assigned the Wuppertal Institute with the calculation of the Scope 3.15 emissions of their loan programme in 2024. Moreover, they also asked for a set of calculation rules and background data to conduct such a calculation for future loan periods as well. Such GHG intensities usually estimate the emissions of an actor on the basis of the economic activity, the underlying value-chain-related emissions of this activity as well as some monetary reference unit so that each unit of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be directly associated with the loan value (e.g. as tons of CO2-equivalents per million Euro)

    Betriebliche Mitbestimmung der nachhaltigen Transformation : Strategien und Interaktionen in Innovationsprozessen im primären und sekundären Sektor

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    Das Working Paper beschäftigt sich mit den Handlungsmöglichkeiten und Herausforderungen von Betriebsräten und Beschäftigten bei der Mitbestimmung von nachhaltigen Transformationen in ihren Betrieben. Mittels Fallstudien im primären und sekundären Wirtschaftssektor wird nachgezeichnet, dass Mitbestimmung vor allem an den Schnittstellen von etablierten Aufgaben von Betriebsräten und Nachhaltigkeit ansetzt. Die explorativ angelegte Studie identifiziert Handlungsfelder und Hemmnisse für Mitbestimmung und macht Vorschläge zur Stärkung von Betriebsräten als Impulsgeber betrieblicher Transformations- und Innovationsprozesse

    Der ökologische Antikapitalist : das Erbe von Papst Franziskus

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    Das Vermieter-Mieter-Staat-Trilemma : wie ein soziales Sicherungsinstrument die Klimaschutzziele aushebelt

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    Warum gelingt die Wärmewende im Mietwohnungsmarkt nicht? Bisher wenig beachtet ist das soziale Sicherungsinstrument der Kosten der Unterkunft. Es schafft ungewollt Fehlanreize bei Mietenden und löst zugleich Investitionshemmnisse bei Vermietenden aus. Dieser Beitrag zeigt welche Reformen nötig sind, um das Vermieter-Mieter-Staat-Trilemma zu lösen und den Mietwohnungsmarkt sowohl sozial- als auch klimapolitisch so auszugestalten, dass auch dort eine erfolgreiche Wärmewende eingeleitet werden kann

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