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Transcript of the Podcast: “Will transport make the transition?”

Blog 04/27/2023

The Podcast with Peter Kasten for reading.
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Lithium mining: The transformation of energy systems should not be achieved at the expense of communities in the Global South

Blog 06/17/2022

Electromobility series: Pia Marchegiani from the argentine foundation FARN explains how resource extraction can impact on indigenous communities.
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How to design an EU emissions trading system for maritime transport?

Blog 07/12/2021

The new study by the Oeko-Institut and Transport&Environment commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety shows how an extension of the EU emissions trading system to maritime transport in the "Fit for 55" package could be designed. How such a regulation would relate to potential measures by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is explained by researcher Nora Wissner.
"Two weeks for future": Me, my son and our tandem

Blog 09/23/2020

Because her son Felix needs the same level of care as a toddler, Dr Teufel has no time to demonstrate regularly. Nevertheless, she wanted to make a stand and show her solidarity. That is how she hit on the idea of taking her son and the recumbent tandem on a “Two Weeks for Future” cycling tour. Here she reports on the trip.
A journey from Oeko-Institut to Australia

Blog 08/18/2020

Graham Anderson worked as a scientist at the Oeko-Institut in Berlin until summer 2019. He wanted to make his return to his home country Australia as sustainable as possible and decided to travel by train rather than by air. He now describes what this journey (before the corona pandemic!) looked like in his travel report.
#plasticfree: Car tyres are the main microplastic pollutant [deu/eng]

Blog 12/18/2019

Part 4: Tyre abrasion is in Germany responsible for one third of the total microplastic input into the environment.
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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans: the status quo and the Commission’s proposal

06/07/2018

The update of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans for the post 2020 period is currently being negotiated. In this blog post, Peter Kasten gives an overview of the valid regulation up to 2020 and the Commission’s proposal.