Marc Stobbe

Recent projects

• Green transition of the heating sector

  Making municipal heat planning in Germany transparent and comparable

  01/01/2025

  The KOMpare project aims to analyse the systemic effects of municipal heating plans by first analysing municipal heating plans and processing the data and information contained therein as part of a transparency platform. The municipal heat transition scenarios and plans will then be scaled to Germa

• Energy & Climate

  ACHIEVE – Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action

  01/01/2024

  The EU Horizon Project ACHIEVE (Achieving high-integrity voluntary climate action) addresses knowledge gaps and practical challenges to enable voluntary climate action to effectively and sustainably contribute to closing the climate mitigation gap. The project develops a comprehensive set

• Gas phase-out

  Connecting reality with climate goals: case studies of gas distribution system planning and regulation (Phase II)

  12/01/2023

  This project includes the following aspects related to the future of gas distribution grids in Europe: · Summaries of targeted countries to highlight information gaps both for continued work in that country and for use as examples; · Identification of issues or t

• Green transition of the heating sector

  Dashboard for the heat transition – System analysis and visualisation of regional effects

  10/01/2023

  The aim of the project is the participatory development of a web-based dashboard for the heat transition. The dashboard presents the effects of various transformation paths for the heat transition in a user-friendly way. The research project hereby supports the dissemination of technical, regulator

• Carbon pricing

  Ariadne 2: Evidence-based assessment for the design of the German energy transition on the way to climate neutrality - Subproject: F0-2

  09/01/2023

  In this funding phase, Ariadne continues to show ways through the complex detailed issues of the energy transition: Ariadne researches energy transition strategies and their systemic effects as well as sectoral interactions. Ariadne explores policy instruments to achieve climate goals in an effic

• Green transition of the heating sector

  II. Scientific monitoring of BMWK measures to implement a heat pump campaign

  09/01/2023

  The project deals with various issues to support the roll-out of heat pumps.

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Recent publications

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  Final report

  Planning and regulating Europe’s gas networks: breaking up with fossil gas

  October 2024

  The urgent need to meet climate targets requires a significant reduction in fossil gas demand over the coming years. This has substantial implications for gas grid infrastructure, yet current grid planning in most EU Member States does not adequately reflect the necessary decrease in fossil gas usa

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  Panel: 2. Future and innovative policies

  The gas grid hurdle in the race to system efficiency

  June 2024

  Meeting energy and climate targets requires phasing out the use of fossil fuels in the heating sector, demanding an extensive overhaul of infrastructure. The expansion of district heating and electricity distribution grids will be essential for this transition, while parts of the gas distribution ne

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  Sustainable research and consultancy on a new footing

  News 01/16/2025

  Founded more than 40 years ago, the Oeko-Institut is one of Europe’s leading independent research and consultancy organisations working for a sustainable future. In recent years, the Institute has taken on contracts to provide policy advice and conduct application-oriented research – with growing success. Our consultancy services for policy-makers and the business sector in the fields of environmental protection, climate change mitigation and sustainable development will henceforth be clustered under our newly established subsidiary, Öko-Institut Consult GmbH.

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  Better soil management: Which funding approaches have a positive effect on climate mitigation?

  News 01/08/2025

  Soils play an important role as (potential) carbon reservoirs for climate mitigation. They also play a key role in promoting biodiversity and resilience to pressures such as global warming or pollution. Worldwide, soils store two to three times more carbon than the atmosphere. They act as natural climate protectors and are therefore also a key component of the EU's agricultural policy towards a net-zero future – provided they are intact. Only then can they reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or sequester carbon.