Palm Oil and the Blue Angel
Can the Blue Angel be awarded for lubricants or surfactants based on palm oil? These and similar questions had to be answered in this extensive UBA research project.
Biofuels, climate protection and transport
Biofuels have long been considered to play a key role in climate protection in transport. This role was significantly reduced by the discussion on food vs. fuel. At present, biofuels are again increasingly being brought into the discussion as a central solution in view of the difficulties in achieving climate protection targets in the transport sector.
MAGIC: new database of industrial crops growing on marginal land
The European Union's Horizon 2020 project MAGIC has reached a milestone by uploading a beta version of its Decision Support System for farmers and end users, showing marginal land and an overview of industrial crops suitable to be grown on this land.
Three research projects of ifeu and partners represented on the international conference "Raw Materials & Environment 2019"
From 19 to 20 February 2019, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) hosted an international conference on environmental issues in mineral and metal supply and mining in Berlin. ifeu took part and, together with its project partners Öko-Institut, projekt-consult and adelphi, presented the latest research results on sustainable mining and environmental assessment of raw materials.
March 1, 1954 – Hydrogen bomb explosion on Bikini Atoll
Today, 65 years ago, the USA launched a series of nuclear weapons tests on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, which had far-reaching consequences for the inhabitants of the atolls Rongelap and Utrik, among others. ifeu founding member Bernd Franke supported the inhabitants of the atolls affected by the fallout scientifically from 1988 and carried out investigations into radioactive contamination with a team of scientists.
Capacity Building in bioenergy sustainability indicators for Kenya and Ethiopia
ifeu was not only involved in the development of the sustainability indicators for bioenergy of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), but also actively supports their application with its expertise - currently in Vietnam, Paraguay, Kenya and Ethiopia.
How can the Sharing Economy contribute to more sustainable consumption patterns?
Answers are provided by the collective volume "Digital Culture of Sharing" (in German), written based on the findings of the research project "PeerSharing" by the involved research institutions IÖW, IZT and ifeu.
Kigali on the way to a sustainable and affordable infrastructure
At the 2018 Rapid Planning Stakeholder Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, the results and plans of the BMBF-funded project were presented, among others by the Mayor of Kigali, Marie Chantal Rwakazina, who shared her vision of a science-based infrastructure development of Kigali.
Recommendations for climate-friendly road freight transport
Alternative drive systems for heavy trucks urgently require government action. This is the core result of a working paper that ifeu developed together with the Öko-Institut and Fraunhofer ISI.