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News Strategies for the decarbonisation of district heating in Germany: research project completed

The research project “Heat Transition: Strategies for the Deployment of Climate-Neutral District Heating Technologies”, funded by the BMWE, has been investigating since 2023 how selected technologies

News New Study: More Efficient and Environmentally Beneficial Use of Biomass Based on the National Biomass Strategy

The National Bioeconomy Strategy (NBÖS) was adopted in 2020. It aims to facilitate the transition to a post-fossil fuel economic system across all economic sectors through products, processes, and ser

Publication Deliverable D6.5 - Social Assessment Report

ēQATOR project reports

Authors: Hanna Karg , Sonja Haertlé , Heiko Keller , Nils Rettenmaier
Year: 2026

Social Assessment Report

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Publication Wissenschaftliche Begleitung des Umsetzungsplans zur Nationalen Bioökonomiestrategie

Final report

Authors: Horst Fehrenbach , Silvana Bürck , Susanne Köppen , Hannes Böttcher , Klaus Hennenberg , Franziska Wolff , Margarethe Scheffler
Year: 2026

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News Biomass for energy and materials in the EU: Guidance for allocation in a biomass constrained world

As biomass demand is projected to rise to replace fossil resources, sustainable biomass supply is foreseen to face increasing constraints, while a comprehensive overview of future biomass demand and s

Project ProBas update for the National Circular Economy Strategy

Runtime 07/2026 – 07/2029

For many years, the German Federal Environment Agency has been providing environmental data free of charge to experts and interested members of the public through ProBas. As part of this project, the

Publication AEW - Biomass for energy and materials in the EU

Guidance for allocation in a biomass constrained world

Authors: Theresa Schlamp , Horst Fehrenbach
Year: 2026

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Publication Schwerpunkt Suffizienz: Genug für alle durch bewusstes Handeln

Ökologisches Wirtschaften 2.2026

Authors: Lars-Arvid Brischke , Patrick Zimmermann , et al.
Year: 2026

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Project Support the Competence Centre for Sustainable Consumption

Project start 07/2026

Sustainable consumption plays a central role in achieving Germany’s climate, environmental, and resource conservation goals. Through the National Program for Sustainable Consumption, the German govern

News PRESS RELEASE: The Federal Ministry of Research's FONA Strategy: On the Right Track, but Innovation Must Be Considered More Broadly

Yesterday in Berlin, Federal Minister of Research Dorothee Bär presented her ministry’s new funding strategy, “Research for Sustainability" (Orig. „Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit (FONA)“. The Ecological