Limit Climate Change

Limit Climate Change
Ending the fossil era, keeping climate change below 2° celsius – possible.

Shaping the Energy Transition

Shaping the Energy Transition
Transforming the energy system in intelligent interaction between businesses, policy makers and active citizens.

Resources are finite

Resources are finite
Safeguarding natural resources, reducing their use and consumption to protect the environment and future generations.

Well-Being Consumption Lifestyles

Well-Being, Consumtion, Lifestyles
Decoupling well-being from environmental degradation through sustainable patterns of consumption and social innovations.

Cities: Change & Urbanity

Cities: Change & Urbanity
Cities emit 80% of greenhouse gases and consume most oft he resources. Yet they are also the starting point for social change.

New Chances for Enterprise

New Chances for Enterprise
The economy will need to reinvent itself, accept the challenges of climate change and resource protection – with new business models, products and services.

Mobility: a new Direction

Mobility: a new Direction
People and goods can get around in a better way – less distance, carbon-free modes of transport, intelligent public offerings and more efficient technology.

Knowledge for the Transformation

Knowledge for the Transformation
The Transformation to a sustainable society is an open search process. Science and Education will be of paramount importance.

Making Utopia possible

Making Utopia Possible
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Transition Research

How to design transition pathways to a more sustainable society? The Wuppertal Institute unites climate, environment and resource related aspects in its research and links ecological issues with those of an economic and social transformation. Here you find the discussed topics:

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Press Releases

Sustainable Energy Strategy for Iran

New open access book provides analyses and impulses needed to rethink Iran's energy strategy

 
For more than twelve years a team of Iranian and German scientists has been analyzing the Iranian energy system from the point of view of sustainable future development perspectives. Their result: Iran is a dynamic country endowed with rich natural resources, including high amounts of fossil and renewable energies and a young and growing population. If properly utilized and appreciated, these are key assets for the design of a sustainable energy system and a bright future for Iran....
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Pledge for a Transformative Science

Wuppertal Paper published
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Timber Consumption and Sustainable Forest Use

Assessing the EU's current and expected consumption of global timber in relation to the global capacity for sustainable supply
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Three Schools of Transformation Thinking

Article published in GAIA
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Germany on the Road to a Circular Economy?

FES publication on waste management translated into English
 

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The latest research results, the most recent publications, current dates and events around the topic of sustainability at a glance. Our e-mail newsletter brings you all the information you need.

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Publi- cations

You find all scientific publications on our publication server:

Systems and Infra- structures

Research Group Future Energy and Mobility Structures
Pathways for a decarbonisation of energy systems, industries and cities.

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Policy Strategies and Governance

Research Group Energy, Transport and Climate Policy
Fostering a sustainable development of the energy and transport system and climate protection as a whole with integrated policy strategies.

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Production and Consumption

Research Group Sustainable Production and Consumption
Technological and social innovations for a resource-light and sustainable economy and life.

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Our Services

Every agent of our society, be that of the field of policy, economy, science, from organisations or initiatives, who wants to move towards the utopia of a world that's globally fair to both mankind and environment, finds a partner in the Wuppertal Institut to work together in projects, analyses and scenarios.

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Uwe Schneidewind

We used our anniversary year to refurbish our outer appearance. You find our content in an optimised structure and conveniently accessible with smartphones and tablets. We constantly work on improving and adding new contents. Have fun diving into the world of transformations towards sustainability!

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind
President of the Wuppertal Institute
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