Reena Skribbe

Recent projects

• Energy & Climate

  Study contract- Support to the Commission for the assessment of the carbon leakage risk for goods subject to CBAM and produced in the Union for export to third countries which do not apply the EU ETS or a similar carbon pricing mechanism

  06/21/2024

  In a world with unequal carbon prices the EU ETS has given rise to the concern of carbon leakage, the relocation of industrial production to countries outside of the EU due to European Climate Policy. The purpose of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ( CBAM ) is to level the playi

• Carbon pricing

  European Topic Centre on Climate Change Mitigation 2022-2026

  01/03/2022

  Oeko-Institut is an important partner in the European Environment Agency's (EEA) European Topic Centre on Climate Change Mitigation (ETC/CM). As task managers Oeko-Institut’s experts • Support to WG 1 (inventories) under the Climate Change Committee • Compile the EEA report on "Trends and Projectio

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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.